Japan Calls Proposed US Congressional Resolution on "Comfort Women" Groundless
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso has denounced a draft resolution being considered by U.S. lawmakers that demands Japan apologize for forcing women to work as sex slaves during World War Two. Speaking in Japan's parliament Monday, Taro Aso called the draft regrettable and not based on objective facts.
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on the proposed resolution, which says Japan should formally acknowledge and apologize for its use of so-called "comfort women" in a clear and unequivocal manner. Members of Congress heard graphic testimony about alleged mistreatment from three now elderly women from South Korea and Australia.
Japan has never adopted a formal resolution recognizing its wartime government's role in forcing around 200-thousand mostly non-Japanese young women to work in Japanese army brothels. Historians say the military forced those they called "comfort women" to have sex with millions of Japanese soldiers during the war.
日本外相麻生太郎對美國國會正在考慮的一份決議草案表示譴責。這項草案要求日本為二戰(zhàn)期間強迫婦女充當慰安婦作出道歉。麻生太郎星期一在對日本國會講話時說，這一草案讓人遺憾，沒有以客觀事實為基礎。
上星期四，美國眾議院就這一草案舉行了聽證會。草案要求日本明確和毫不含糊地正式承認在二戰(zhàn)期間使用慰安婦，并為此道歉。在聽證會上，三名來自韓國和澳大利亞的老年女性向國會議員詳細講述了她們作為慰安婦所遭受的虐待。
日本從未正式承認其二戰(zhàn)期間政府參與了大約20萬年輕女性為日軍充當慰安婦的活動。這些女性大多數(shù)是其它國家的公民。歷史學家說，日本軍方在二戰(zhàn)期間強迫這些女性為數(shù)百萬日本軍人充當性奴。
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso has denounced a draft resolution being considered by U.S. lawmakers that demands Japan apologize for forcing women to work as sex slaves during World War Two. Speaking in Japan's parliament Monday, Taro Aso called the draft regrettable and not based on objective facts.
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on the proposed resolution, which says Japan should formally acknowledge and apologize for its use of so-called "comfort women" in a clear and unequivocal manner. Members of Congress heard graphic testimony about alleged mistreatment from three now elderly women from South Korea and Australia.
Japan has never adopted a formal resolution recognizing its wartime government's role in forcing around 200-thousand mostly non-Japanese young women to work in Japanese army brothels. Historians say the military forced those they called "comfort women" to have sex with millions of Japanese soldiers during the war.
日本外相麻生太郎對美國國會正在考慮的一份決議草案表示譴責。這項草案要求日本為二戰(zhàn)期間強迫婦女充當慰安婦作出道歉。麻生太郎星期一在對日本國會講話時說，這一草案讓人遺憾，沒有以客觀事實為基礎。
上星期四，美國眾議院就這一草案舉行了聽證會。草案要求日本明確和毫不含糊地正式承認在二戰(zhàn)期間使用慰安婦，并為此道歉。在聽證會上，三名來自韓國和澳大利亞的老年女性向國會議員詳細講述了她們作為慰安婦所遭受的虐待。
日本從未正式承認其二戰(zhàn)期間政府參與了大約20萬年輕女性為日軍充當慰安婦的活動。這些女性大多數(shù)是其它國家的公民。歷史學家說，日本軍方在二戰(zhàn)期間強迫這些女性為數(shù)百萬日本軍人充當性奴。