Former Japan PM meets war sex slaves
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Tomiichi Murayama, the former Japanese prime minister known for his 1995 apology over wartime aggression, met yesterday with three South Korean “comfort women” who served as sex slaves to Japanese troops.
“Please stay healthy,” the 89-year-old ex-premier told the women as he clasped their hands at an exhibition of art by comfort women in the South Korean parliament complex in Seoul.
One of the three women, Kang Ul-Chul, told Murayama the Japanese government should apologize properly to the former sex slaves and provide compensation.
Japan’s 1910-45 rule over the Korean peninsula is an emotive issue in South Korea, which believes Japan has not properly atoned.
Murayama, who was invited by an opposition party, was reportedly told that President Park Geun-Hye was too busy to meet him.
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