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Japan sex slave fund ends amid fresh controversy over 'comfort…

News – A fund set up by Japan to help Asian women forced into prostitution by its military during World War II will expire Saturday amid new denials from Tokyo that the government is to blame for putting thousands into sexual slavery. The Asian Women's Fund was created by Japan in 1995 to aid what are euphemistically known as "comfort women." B

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"Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instead spurred renewed debate by suggesting there was no proof the Imperial government or military coerced women into the brothels."

I just love these politicians who assume that because there is no 'proof' or 'evidence' to point to, then there has been no crime. If there is a universal trait to politicians across the world these days, this is it. It's the political version of 'no harm, no foul.' Hogwash.

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