Japan asks for partial retraction of U.N. report on wartime brothels

Japan asks for partial retraction of U.N. report on wartime brothels

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo of Radhika Coomaraswamy, a Sri Lankan lawyer who compiled a United Nations report on "comfort women" in 1996. Coomaraswamy has rejected the Japanese government's request to retract part of the report's contents that Tokyo sees as false, the top government spokesman said on Oct. 16, 2014.

Ex-U.N. envoy sees no need to revise 'comfort women' report

Ex-U.N. envoy sees no need to revise 'comfort women' report

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan lawyer Radhika Coomaraswamy, a former U.N. researcher who compiled a report that urged Japan to apologize and pay compensation over the so-called "comfort women" issue, speaks during an interview in Colombo on Sept. 2, 2014. She said she sees no need to revise her 1996 report that referred to testimony by a Japanese man cited by a major Japanese daily, which later retracted it for being false.

Japan asks for partial retraction of U.N. report on wartime brothels

Japan asks for partial retraction of U.N. report on wartime brothels

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo of Radhika Coomaraswamy, a Sri Lankan lawyer who compiled a United Nations report on "comfort women" in 1996. Coomaraswamy has rejected the Japanese government's request to retract part of the report's contents that Tokyo sees as false, the top government spokesman said on Oct. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

Ex-U.N. envoy sees no need to revise 'comfort women' report

Ex-U.N. envoy sees no need to revise 'comfort women' report

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan lawyer Radhika Coomaraswamy, a former U.N. researcher who compiled a report that urged Japan to apologize and pay compensation over the so-called "comfort women" issue, speaks during an interview in Colombo on Sept. 2, 2014. She said she sees no need to revise her 1996 report that referred to testimony by a Japanese man cited by a major Japanese daily, which later retracted it for being false. (Kyodo)

Rohingya issue

Rohingya issue

Marzuki Darusman (C), head of the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, and other investigators Radhika Coomaraswamy (L) and Christopher Sidoti hold a press conference over Rohingya-related issues on Sept. 18, 2018, in Geneva. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo