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    Die neuseeländische „Trostfrauen“-Statue könnte die diplomatischen Beziehungen gefährden, sagt Japan


    Die neuseeländische „Trostfrauen“-Statue könnte die diplomatischen Beziehungen gefährden, sagt Japan

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/10/new-zealand-comfort-women-statue-could-jeopardise-diplomatic-relations-japan-says

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    1. SilverFoxJp on

      if you see the background, on the purple board, there is korean written. so I would assume that this is successful diplomacy of korea to undermine Japan.

      Japan is busy nominating trump for noble prize when koreans are winning in NZ.

    3. Fickle-Maintenance-1 on

      Hmm far-right PM who wants to change pacifist constitution and talks about “making Japan great again”. I wonder which period of Japan she thought was great and they should return to.

    4. Eagle4317 on

      Germany regrets their actions in WWII. Japan only regrets that the war was lost.

    5. Agreeable_Mud_8338 on

      The Japanese need to understand they have their version of history and the rest of the world has their version …
      And Japan is on its own (for good reason)

    8. angelus14 on

      > the Japanese ambassador, Makoto Osawa, said “needlessly stirring up interest” in the issue could become a burden not only for Japan and South Korea’s cooperation

      I’d say needlessly downplaying it is also a burden on relations but what do I know.

    9. BippidiBoppetyBoob on

      The current Japanese PM is a member of the far right revisionist Nippon Kaigi. She is an awful woman.

    11. hey_its_drew on

      What’s funny is crap like this spotlights them in the worst lighting a lot more than acknowledging the history ever could, but Japan has a very strong determination to be proud of their elderly family member and ancestors, character horrors be damned. Really, many cultures do, and they could all use a healthy serving of shame.

    12. kl122002 on

      My question is, do today’s Japanese know why there was a period of US-occupied in Japan history, and what happened during that time, what caused that.

    14. AtomicCorndogs on

      What are they gonna do, start enslaving women again? They’ll bluster for a bit and then stop talking about it.

    17. rickdickmcfrick on

      Classic japan. Then they wonder and complain about chinese and koreans hating them.

    19. Annunakh on

      They are not sorry about „comfort women“, Nanjing Massacre or Unit 731 stuff. They are ready to repeat all of this and add on top of it if they have a chance.

    21. ManagementFragrant28 on

      Nuclear explosion monument? YES; victim statue? NO. Some people always hope others remember what they suffered, but not what they did.

    23. CharmingShoe on

      People acknowledging comfort women existed could jeopardise diplomatic relationships

    24. Hevens-assassin on

      This whole situation is weird. Japan being pissed that another country is remembering the tragedy they took part in, is weird. South Korea sending a statue about „Comfort Girls“ to another country, is also weird.

      Japan is more in the wrong here, but South Korea is clearly doing it to antagonize Japan as much as they are to memorialize the victims. It seems gross, Imo.

    25. Effective_Space2277 on

      I used to live in Japan for almost a decade, and when this type of news comes out people would say it’s fake or those women were prostitutes.

      I wonder why Germany accepts what happened, but Japan fights like hell to refuse to do so.

    26. Justarandomfan99 on

      I agree its awful but why we talk about that but never of the sexual slavery in muslim world that lasted until the 60s and that was as horrible?

    27. t_25_t on

      Japan really needs to get a grip on their history. Own your fuck ups and move forward together.

    28. Successful-Bad-763 on

      Why should the Allies give a fuck what the Axis have to say about the war?

      They won.

    30. Ok-Imagination-494 on

      The comfort woman statue has some interesting details (if indeed it is the same design as multiple versions worldwide)

      It is a statue of a girl but her shadow on the ground is of an elderly woman to symbolise the wait for justice.

      She has a butterfly on her shoulder representing the yearning for freedom and cut hair to represent her cutting of family ties.

      The statue normally has an empty chair inviting the viewer to sit with her and contemplate her experiences.

      And yes, Japanese embassies around the world hate this particular artwork and try and cancel it which creates a massive Streisand effect as people are then curious to learn more about the victims.

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