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Filipino Narcisa Claveria, 84, who claims to have been a sex slave during World War II, shouts slogans during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, June 25, 2014. A group of alleged Filipino
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Filipino ex-sex slaves demand justice from Japan

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In this Monday, June 23, 2014 photo, Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki bows to apologize for his remarks to his female colleague Ayaka Shiomura during a press conference at Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall in Tokyo. The uproar over the rude comments aimed at Ayaka Shiomura by several male lawmakers, including Suzuki, reflects both greater awareness of women's issues and the pervasiveness of traditional chauvinist attitudes in business and political circles. The latter poses a major challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of greater advancement for Japan's well-educated but underemployed women, a mainstay in his arsenal of strategies for reviving the economy. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Sexist views dent Japan push for women’s rights

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Abe formally announced an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Abe’s grand plan to revive Japan’s economic might

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Abe formally announced an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Japan unveils strategy to restore cutting edge

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Tokyo assemblyman apologizes over sexist heckling

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Taiwan art exhibit in Japan salvaged by name fix

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, former comfort women who served the Japanese Army as sexual slaves during World War II, shout a slogan in a rally before Korean Liberation Day of Aug. 15, which marks the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Japanese lawmakers met behind closed doors Friday to hear results of a probe into a study that was the basis of Japan's 1993 apology over its use of wartime sex slaves - a review that South Korea and China have slammed as an attempt to discredit historical evidence of such abuses. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Review confirms basis of Japan’s sex slave apology

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Japanese farmer Masami Yoshizawa, right, shows a black bull with speckles to the media as police officers block him from leading the bull off a truck he drove from Fukushima, northeastern Japan, in front of Agriculture Ministry in Tokyo Friday, June 20, 2014. Yoshizawa and fellow farmer Naoto Matsumura whose livelihoods were wrecked by the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have staged a protest briefly at the ministry to appeal for help with the livestock, some of which have developed unexplained white spots on their hides. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Fukushima farmers appeal to Tokyo with live bull

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, right, shakes hands with United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, left, at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne Tuesday June 17 2014. The two leaders met to discuss the cooperation between the two organizations. (AP Photo/Keystone, Valentin Flauraud)
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IOC awards Japan TV rights in 4-games, $1b deal

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FILE - In this May 27, 2008 file photo, a visitor to the Tokyo International Anime Fair looks at cartoon figures on display in Tokyo. Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics. The upper house voted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 to approve the law, which was passed by the lower house earlier this month. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)
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Japan bans child porn, but excludes manga, anime

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