The ministry has been working on collecting data on the statues honoring "comfort women" — a euphemism wartime ... notice of an order from a central Berlin borough in Germany to relocate the ...

Around 80 demonstrators marched from the statue’s location in Berlin’s Mitte borough to ... we are remembering the ‘comfort women.’ The battle to save the Statue of Peace, a symbol that ...

Soon thereafter, a spokeswoman from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “extremely regrettable” that comfort women statues had been erected. In reality, the extent of Japan’s ...

Tokyo’s pressure over the statue faced a set-back in Germany as the issue continues to loom large in Japan-South Korea interactions. A little more empathy is needed, on both sides.

The statue, which commemorates the "comfort women" of World War II, has embroiled the local government in a minor diplomatic controversy. After nearly a decade of legal battles, Park was acquitted ...

SEOUL--A pair of statues erected in an idyllic botanical garden in South Korea look set to reignite a furor with Japan over the contentious wartime "comfort women" issue. The Korea Botanic Garden ...