PBS interview with Sankei Shinbun editor about the comfort women issue (Video)
Yoshihisa Komori of Japan’s conservative Sankei Shinbun newspaper was interviewed on the comfort women issue for the PBS series Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria on March 29. Although Abe has since made additional statements of apology since that date, many continue to insist that the Prime Minister is denying history. In this interview, Yoshihisa Komori is pretty clear in giving more context to the viewpoint Abe has been expressing, so it’s definitely work watching if you’re interested in the comfort women debate. This is a video of the interview, with both Japanese and English subtitles:
For more of Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, check out the official website of the show: it has links to google videos of entire episodes!
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