A statement by both countries’ foreign ministers said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “expresses anew his most honest apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women”, the euphemistic name given the women.
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According to BBC on Monday, the deal involved a one billion yen fund from Japan for the elderly comfort women of South Korea, as well as a deep and honest apology from Prime Minister Abe taking “deep responsibility” for the issue.
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She said in a statement that Japan has failed to pursue a comprehensive, impartial and lasting resolution to address the rights of so-called comfort women.
Ma’s spokesman Charles Chen said Tuesday the president ordered Taiwan’s representative to Japan, Shen Ssu-tsun, to press Tokyo for an agreement similar to the Korea deal.
President Park Geun-hye greets Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Monday. Abe has shown interest in attending, and Park is likely to be on hand as well.
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He has invited former comfort women to the presidential office a couple of times. “What we have been demanding is legal compensation from Japan”, said 88-year-old Lee Yong-Soo.
The Japanese still call them “comfort women”, a term that sounds not unpleasant. “Most of victims are at an advanced age and nine died this year alone”, she said. “The women were missing from the negotiation table, and they must not be sold short in a deal that is more about political expediency than justice”, said Hiroka Shoji, its East Asia researcher, in a statement.
A promise from both countries to not discuss this issue again and to refrain from criticizing each other on the issue in the global community, including in the United Nations, was also included in the agreement.
An editorial in the Choson Sinbo stated comfort women in North and South Korea are asking for “rehabilitation of their downtrodden honor” and slammed Seoul for not requesting a proper apology and resolving the issue in a “humiliating” manner.
The Japanese premier has praised the deal, describing it as the start of a “new era” in relations between Japan and South Korea.
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The two governments also agreed to avoid criticism of one another on the global stage over the issue.
