Kono Statement
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kono-statement-190-16065015
title:
Kono Statement
text:
The Kono Statement refers to a statement released by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yōhei Kōno on August 4, 1993, after the conclusion of the government study that found that the Japanese Imperial Army had forced women, known as comfort women, to work in military-run brothels during World War II. The Japanese government had initially denied that the women had been coerced until this point. In the Kono Statement, the Japanese government acknowledged that: "The then Japanese military was, directly or ind
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1993 statement about Japan's WWII past
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kono_Statement
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2024-02-27T03:48:12Z
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