Prime Minister Abe

Some time ago I wrote about Japanese Prime Minister's denial that there was any evidence of Japan's sex slave war crimes during WW II, the reason why he never should have said that, and his later semi-apology. In all, the refusal of Japan to fully face up to its wartime atrocities the way Germany has fully faced up to its wartime atrocities is shameful.

Recently (I meant to blog this earlier but got sidetracked) new evidence has surfaced about Japan's use of "comfort women." From BBC news:

Reports from Japan say documents have been found that suggest the Japanese authorities forced women to work as sex slaves during World War II.

They come from the Dutch government archives and include the testimony of a 27-year-old Dutch woman from May 1946.

The Kyodo news agency says the documents show women were coerced into prostitution in occupied Indonesia.

PM Shinzo Abe had claimed there was no evidence of Japanese officials forcing women into prostitution...

The journalist who found these documents says they contradict the prime minister's denial that the authorities were directly involved in coercion.