Japanese pastor Motoyuki Nomura bowed in apology for Japan's wartime atrocities on Monday in front of a statue representing the "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He played a Korean song on the flute in front of the statue, which was set up in December last year near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.

Nomura is known for his volunteer work in the 1970s and 80s when he visited Korea 50 times to help the poor living in slums along the Cheonggye Stream.