Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto: Sex slaves in World War Two were necessary to 'maintain discipline' for Japanese military

There is plenty of evidence for the sex slaves, as per 1st hand accounts of survivors. I expect these denials are from the same quaters as the denials of japanese atrocities against civillian populations in occupied territories, most chiefly the Nan jing massacre.

this man is crazy, even by the standard of a politician. the japanese government might have apologized,but they are never serious about it.this comment is just so against human rights and so disrespectful to women

There are some Misunderstanding
Leftists at okinawa are trying to remove USMC camp from okinawa island, but Hashimoto recognise it is necessary of the camp(for Japan& Taiwan). Leftist brame USMC troop's sexual crime in okinawa so he request USMC commander to aprove troops to use commercial sexual service in okinawa
Regarding Fasist's Era's Japan Army he say "For avoid troops sexual crime,it was necessary Japanese Prostitute commercial sexual service" He never say "SEX SLAVE was necessary"
And he is sorry to Duch Ladys who forced Sex slevery by stupid/shameless Japanese troops , about that Japan's War Crime.

There is not any misunderstanding.

Take your vile fascist garbage elsewhere. You are sub-human.

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I wonder would Mr. Hashimoto be complaining if the Americans had lowered themselves to forcibly taking Japanese comfort women in the Japanese territories they occupied. Or does he have the intelligence to realize that his remarks implicitly advocate the general principle that soldiers have the right to forcibly make use of comfort women in war, Japanese or otherwise?

my point is why the f..k did you wage a war in the first place......! i don't give a f... for communist chinese but why did you s...m bags start a war !!

How about his mother, wife, sisters and daughters doing the same job as these sex slaves? Disgusting Japanese mentality.

In fairness, Hashimoto may be an insane fascist nutter - but he doesn't represent Japanese mainstream thinking. That would be like assuming everyone in Britain agreed with Nick Griffin about everything :(

Britain's interests here lie in taking joint action with the Japanese Govt to hang this worthless scrote out to dry - and making it VERY clear to the Abe administration that Britain won't tolerate such speeches. An immediate and lifetime ban on entry to the EU for this subhuman wretch would make the point crystal clear.

I wonder if spamhead Hague has the guts to do something, for a change?

Anyone who has ever visited Yokusuni leaves in a cold fury that the Japanese can still attempt to whitewash the crimes committed by the militarist government. There is no doubt that Japan committed war crimes. Now, Japan continues to spread lies, to the fury of the Chinese who were their first and principal victims. Despite this, Japan still expects their security to be guaranteed by the US and by extension NATO- the UK should by vigorous in condemning this latest provocation, and forcing this odious man from office, since he is clearly unfit to hold it.

This scum must be banned from Britain.

Britain's ambassador must demand that he issue an apology.