Ex-Japanese PM Denies Setting Up Brothel
By JOSEPH COLEMAN
The Associated Press
Friday, March 23, 2007; 3:51 AM
TOKYO -- A former Japanese prime minister and elder statesman on Friday denied setting up a military brothel staffed by sex slaves during World War II, despite writing a memoir that critics say shows he did so while in the navy.
Yasuhiro Nakasone, who served as prime minister from 1982 to 1987 and was known for his friendship with then-President Reagan, described the facility he set up as a place for civilian engineers to relax and play Japanese chess.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaks to reporters during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, March 23, 2007. A Japanese former prime minister and elder statesman, Nakasone Friday denied setting up a military brothel staffed by sex slaves during World War II, despite writing a memoir that critics say shows he did so while in the navy.
"I never had personal knowledge of the matter," Nakasone told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan when asked about wartime sex slaves, euphemistically known in Japan as "comfort women."
"I only knew about it from what I read in the newspaper," he said, adding that such enslavement was "deplorable" and that he supported the Japanese government's 1993 apology to victims.
Historians say as many as 200,000 women _ most from Korea and China _ worked in the frontline brothels. Victims say they were forced into the brothels by the Japanese military and were held against their will.
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a resolution that calls on Japan to make a full apology for the brothels, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stirred criticism earlier this month when he denied there was evidence the women were forced into service.
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理由？
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By JOSEPH COLEMAN
The Associated Press
Friday, March 23, 2007; 3:51 AM
TOKYO -- A former Japanese prime minister and elder statesman on Friday denied setting up a military brothel staffed by sex slaves during World War II, despite writing a memoir that critics say shows he did so while in the navy.
Yasuhiro Nakasone, who served as prime minister from 1982 to 1987 and was known for his friendship with then-President Reagan, described the facility he set up as a place for civilian engineers to relax and play Japanese chess.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaks to reporters during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, March 23, 2007. A Japanese former prime minister and elder statesman, Nakasone Friday denied setting up a military brothel staffed by sex slaves during World War II, despite writing a memoir that critics say shows he did so while in the navy.
"I never had personal knowledge of the matter," Nakasone told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan when asked about wartime sex slaves, euphemistically known in Japan as "comfort women."
"I only knew about it from what I read in the newspaper," he said, adding that such enslavement was "deplorable" and that he supported the Japanese government's 1993 apology to victims.
Historians say as many as 200,000 women _ most from Korea and China _ worked in the frontline brothels. Victims say they were forced into the brothels by the Japanese military and were held against their will.
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a resolution that calls on Japan to make a full apology for the brothels, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stirred criticism earlier this month when he denied there was evidence the women were forced into service.
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＊03/18～03/24・・7965 pv・・1023 ip・・-位（744661 BLOG中）
なんか凄いでしょ？
近来稀に見る快挙やね。ｗ
私の研究によれば（はあ？）：
１．今は『287ip/day』が1000位以内入選（？）のボーダーラインみたいやね♪
２．でもって惜しかったのが金曜日。
なんと「282ip」もあったからもう少しの上積みで何年ぶりかの1000位到達になるとこやった。
理由？
その前の晩やったか、将棋関連でＴＢを16箇所くらいしまくったので、その効果や思うわ。（←自分で言うのもなんやけど、私の将棋ネタは独創性がない割りに結構受けるので目下新しい記事を準備中です。）渡辺竜王のところへ来ていたＴＢにみんなＴＢしてやったわけやんか。せこいオヤジや♪
