Calls for official relief of ex-comfort women

Calls for official relief of ex-comfort women

TOKYO, Japan - Former wartime sex slaves urge the Japanese government to resolve the ''comfort women'' issue at a rally at a Diet members' building in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2010. A petition, signed by more than 610,000 people from Japan, South Korea and other countries, calling for a drastic solution of the issue was submitted to the government the same day.

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