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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (R), 87, and Kil Won Ok, 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (standing), 87, and Kil Won Ok (L), 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (R), 87, and Kil Won Ok, 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (2nd from L), 87, and Kil Won Ok (2nd from R), 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Mayor's meeting with former sex slaves canceled

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kil Won Ok, 84, a South Korean woman who was forced to serve as a wartime sex slave, at Hiroshima airport shortly after her arrival from South Korea on May 17, 2013. Kil and another such woman canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, saying it is "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire over his claim that sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military.

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Mayor's meeting with former sex slaves canceled

OSAKA, Japan - Combined file photo shows Kim Bok Dong (L), 87, and Kil Won Ok, 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves. They canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, 2013, saying it is "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire over his claim that sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok (L), an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok, an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.