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Ex-sex slaves demand Japan PM acknowledge past

By Mari Yamaguchi
Published June 2, 2014 4:09pm ET
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Ex-sex slaves demand Japan PM acknowledge past
Supporter Yang Chingja, second left, hands to a government official part of hundreds of pages of documents that experts say contain proof of coercion in the military-led “comfort women” sex slavery system during World War II, as former South Korean victims, Kim Bok-dong, 88, bottom left, and Lee Yong-soo, 85, center on wheelchair, and Indonesian victim Mince, 86, far back center wearing a white cap next to Yang, look on. The group demanded Prime Minister Shinzo Abe face Japan’s wartime atrocity and formally apologize. Historians who helped compile the 529 pieces of official records, collected from in and outside Japan, show clear evidence of coercion by the Japanese military and government in recruiting and running the system. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi) | Mari Yamaguchi

TOKYO (AP) — Five former victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery and their supporters submitted hundreds of official documents to the government Monday, demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledge Japan’s past atrocity and formally apologize.

Several support groups backing the women, who are from Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea, said the documents collected from around the world include clear evidence of coercion.

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