Women enraged by Osaka mayor's remarks

Women enraged by Osaka mayor's remarks

NAHA, Japan - In Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, representatives of 25 local women's groups announce a statement, addressed to the offices of the Osaka city government and the Japan Restoration Party, on May 15, 2013, demanding that Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto retract his remarks on wartime sexual slavery and apologize.

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