Japan’s Abe Refuses To Apologize to S. Korea for ‘Comfort Women’ During WW2

SHINZO ABE: “On the issue of comfort women, I’m deeply pained to think about the comfort women who experienced immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of victimization due to human trafficking. This is a feeling that I share equally with my predecessors. The Abe cabinet upholds the corner statement and has no intention to revise it. 

Based on this decision, Japan has made various efforts to provide realistic relief for the comfort women. Throughout the history of the 20th century, women’s dignity and basic human rights have often been infringed upon during the wars. We intend to make the 21st century a world with no human rights violations against women. 

I promised at the General Assembly of the United Nations last year, that Japan would stand at the [indeciperable] and lead the international community in eliminating sexual violence during conflicts. For an international framework including the U.N. Women, Japan provided approximately $12 million in 2014, and decided that it would provide approximately $22 million in 2015. 

In any case, the 21st century should be an age where women’s rights is never infringed upon and that is our strong resolve.”