An international group of scholars has rebuked Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his view of history by publishing an open letter on the forced prostitution of “comfort women” during the second world war.
The letter, signed by 187 historians, calls on Japan’s government to “show leadership by addressing Japan’s history of colonial rule and wartime aggression in both words and action” on the 70th anniversary of the war’s end this year.
It comes after a visit to the US last week in which Mr Abe spoke emotionally about America’s wartime losses but skimmed over controversial historical issues such as the comfort women.
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