U.S. House OKs sex slave resolution amid Japan's warnings

U.S. House OKs sex slave resolution amid Japan's warnings

WASHINGTON, United States - Rep. Michael Honda, a California Democrat of Japanese descent, speaks to reporters in Washington on July 30 after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution demanding an apology from Japan over its military's sexual enslavement of young women in Asia during World War II.

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