Japan Says It Will Not Revise Its Wartime Sex-Slave Apology
Japan has no plan to alter a landmark 1993 apology over wartime sex slavery, the government's top spokesman said Monday, despite a controversial review of the statement that has sparked a backlash at home and abroad.
Japan has no plan to revise a landmark 1993 apology over wartime sex slavery, the government’s top spokesman said Monday, despite a controversial review of the statement which has sparked a backlash at home and abroad. The landmark apology, known as…
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