'Comfort women' statue missing in the Philippines as Japan's wartime legacy under focus
February 15, 2021 The Filipina Comfort Women monument in the Manila Bay that was removed in 2018 and later disappeared. Kaisa A two-metre-high bronze statue memorialising the Filipino women forced to become sex slaves by Japan ’s military during World War II has gone missing in Manila, underscoring the country’s challenges in balancing diplomatic relations with its largest source of development aid amid calls to hold Tokyo accountable for this wartime atrocity. The “Filipina Comfort Women” monument was hurriedly dismantled by the Philippine government on April 28, 2018 ahead of the ...
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