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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Slaves’ lives uncovered at Pompeii villa - Italy

The furnishings of a room assigned to slaves have been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres from the walls of ancient Pompeii, Italy on August 2023. The lives of the slaves who kept the Ancient Roman rich in their often opulent settings in Pompeii have been revealed by a fresh dig. It looks like a photograph which denounces a situation of precariousness and subordination said the Italian culture ministry. However, it is an image of almost 2000 years ago, made with the cast technique, existing only in and around Pompeii. Materials such as furniture and fabrics, as well as the bodies of victims of the eruption of 79 AD, were covered by the pyroclastic cloud, which then became solid ground while the decomposed organic matter left a void in the ground: an imprint which, filled with plaster, has revealed its original form. What has now emerged suggests a precise hierarchy within the servitude. While one of the two beds found in recent weeks is extremely simple and without a mattress the ot

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Ex-Japan spokesman in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono (L) and South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye shake hands before their talks in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2013. Japan may be reviewing Kono's 1993 statement that acknowledged the Japanese military's involvement in the forced recruitment of women into sexual servitude.

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Former Asian sex slaves speak at Tokyo press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Former Korean, Filipino and Indonesian "comfort women" forced into sexual servitude for the Japanese military during World War II speak at a press conference in Tokyo on June 2, 2014, following a meeting with their supporters.

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Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 24, 2013. Two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers canceled a meeting scheduled with Hashimoto the same day, saying it would be "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire since saying earlier in the month that the system of wartime sexual servitude was necessary to maintain military discipline.

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Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 24, 2013. Two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers canceled a meeting scheduled with Hashimoto the same day, saying it would be "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire since saying earlier in the month that the system of wartime sexual servitude was necessary to maintain military discipline.

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Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 24, 2013. Two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers canceled a meeting scheduled with Hashimoto the same day, saying it would be "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire since saying earlier in the month that the system of wartime sexual servitude was necessary to maintain military discipline.

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Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 24, 2013. Two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers canceled a meeting scheduled with Hashimoto the same day, saying it would be "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire since saying earlier in the month that the system of wartime sexual servitude was necessary to maintain military discipline.

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Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 24, 2013. Two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers canceled a meeting scheduled with Hashimoto the same day, saying it would be "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire since saying earlier in the month that the system of wartime sexual servitude was necessary to maintain military discipline.

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Protests against mayor over sexual servitude remarks

OSAKA, Japan - A member of a civic group supporting women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves reads aloud a protest letter against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto over his series of remarks regarding such women, at the Osaka city offices on May 24, 2013. 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 - Members of a civic group supporting women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves hold a press conference at the Osaka city offices on May 24, 2013, after two such women from South Korea canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, 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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Protests against mayor over sexual servitude remarks

OSAKA, Japan - People protest in front of the Osaka city offices on May 24, 2013, against Mayor Toru Hashimoto over his series of remarks regarding women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves. 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 - File photo shows Kim Bok Dong, 87, a South Korean woman who was forced to serve as a wartime sex slave, during a press conference in Okinawa Prefecture on May 18, 2013. Kim 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 - 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 - Photo shows Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. Two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves canceled a scheduled meeting with 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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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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Rally against mayor's remarks

SEOUL, South Korea - Vietnam War veterans burn a photo of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto during a rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 23, 2013. The rally followed the Japanese politician's recent remarks seen as justifying wartime sexual servitude involving the former Japanese military.

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Protest in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean rightist group protest against controversial remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude involving Korean women, in front of the official residence of Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on May 21, 2013.

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Protest in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean rightist group protest against controversial remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude involving Korean women, in front of the official residence of Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on May 21, 2013.

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Sex slavery row costs Hashimoto electoral cooperation

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as Osaka mayor, answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city offices in western Japan on May 21, 2013. The small opposition Your Party decided the same day to cancel planned electoral cooperation with the Japan Restoration Party, following controversial remarks by Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude.

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Sex slavery row costs Hashimoto electoral cooperation

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as Osaka mayor, listens to a reporter's question at the Osaka city offices in western Japan on May 21, 2013. The small opposition Your Party decided the same day to cancel planned electoral cooperation with the Japan Restoration Party, following controversial remarks by Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude.

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Hashimoto clarifies remarks on WWII sex slavery

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks before reporters at the Osaka city offices on May 15, 2013, in a bid to clarify his remarks regarding the forcing of women into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the system.

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Hashimoto clarifies remarks on WWII sex slavery

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks before reporters at the Osaka city offices on May 15, 2013, in a bid to clarify his remarks regarding the forcing of women into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the system.

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Hashimoto clarifies remarks on WWII sex slavery

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks before reporters at the Osaka city offices on May 15, 2013, in a bid to clarify his remarks regarding the forcing of women into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the system.

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Hashimoto clarifies remarks on WWII sex slavery

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks before reporters at the Osaka city offices on May 15, 2013, in a bid to clarify his remarks regarding the forcing of women into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the system.

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S. Korea envoy raps Osaka mayor's remarks on WWII sex slavery

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo criticizes the Osaka mayor's remarks about sexual servitude being necessary for Japanese soldiers during World War II during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 15, 2013, saying he is disappointed by the lack of respect for women's rights among Japanese politicians.

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S. Korea envoy raps Osaka mayor's remarks on WWII sex slavery

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo criticizes the Osaka mayor's remarks about sexual servitude being necessary for Japanese soldiers during World War II during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 15, 2013, saying he is disappointed by the lack of respect for women's rights among Japanese politicians.

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Hashimoto clarifies remarks on WWII sex slavery

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks before reporters at the Osaka city offices on May 15, 2013, in a bid to clarify his remarks regarding the forcing of women into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the system.

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Hashimoto clarifies remarks on WWII sex slavery

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks before reporters at the Osaka city offices on May 15, 2013, in a bid to clarify his remarks regarding the forcing of women into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the system.

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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves seek to meet Osaka mayor

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows an elderly South Korean woman (R bottom) who was forced into sex slavery during World War II, and her supporters, holding a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 15, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks on the issue. Two elderly women who were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers said they plan to visit Japan later in the week to hold street rallies and seek an apology from the mayor over his statement that the system of sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II was necessary.

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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves seek to meet Osaka mayor

SEOUL, South Korea - Elderly South Korean women who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, and their supporters, hold a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 15, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks on the issue. The elderly women said they plan to visit Japan later in the week to hold street rallies and seek an apology from the mayor over his statement that the system of sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II was necessary.

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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves seek to meet Osaka mayor

SEOUL, South Korea - Elderly South Korean women who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, and their supporters, hold a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 15, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks on the issue. The elderly women said they plan to visit Japan later in the week to hold street rallies and seek an apology from the mayor over his statement that the system of sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II was necessary.

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Hashimoto's controversial remarks on 'comfort women'

TOKYO, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara (R) and Takeo Hiranuma, lawmakers from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in the Diet in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Ishihara, the former Tokyo governor who co-heads the party with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, defended the same day Hashimoto's controversial remarks on wartime sexual servitude by women, saying that "Any military is commonly associated with prostitution and that is like a principle of history."

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Hashimoto's controversial remarks on 'comfort women'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. Japanese ministers denounced Hashimoto on May 14, 2013, a day after he said sexual servitude by women was "necessary" for Japan's soldiers during World War II to maintain discipline in the military.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks to reporters at Osaka City Hall in Osaka on May 13, 2013. Hashimoto, who co-heads the opposition Japan Restoration Party, said he believes the system to recruit women into sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military during World War II.

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'Comfort women' resolution not meant to embarrass Abe

WASHINGTON, United States - Eni Faleomavaega, the head of a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee panel, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at his office on March 13. He said that a resolution pending in the U.S. Congress to seek Japan's apology for forcing women of other Asian nations into sexual servitude for its military during World War II is not intended to embarrass Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is due to visit Washington on April 26.

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'Comfort women' resolution not meant to embarrass Abe

WASHINGTON, United States - Eni Faleomavaega, the head of a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee panel, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at his office on March 13. He said that a resolution pending in the U.S. Congress to seek Japan's apology for forcing women of other Asian nations into sexual servitude for its military during World War II is not intended to embarrass Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is due to visit Washington on April 26. (Kyodo)

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Chinese movie on WWII sex slavery unveiled at ceremony

A Chinese movie director (L) introduces a compatriot actress, who played in a movie the role of a woman forced into sexual servitude for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, at the premier of his film in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, on May 18, 2015. The Japanese and Chinese leaderships have been embroiled in disputes over their differing views of history. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traffickers ensnaring easy targets in Nepal 2 years after quakes

Kabita Tamang, 23, who was trafficked to servitude in Baghdad, gives an interview with Kyodo News in Kathmandu on April 13, 2017, after being rescued by activists. Antitrafficking groups said there has been an alarming rise in the trafficking of girls from Nepal after two massive earthquakes in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean opposition leader urges "comfort women" listing on UNESCO register

Moon Jae In (front), leader of South Korea's largest opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy party, addresses participants in the 1,200th weekly rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2015, on the issue of Korean women forced into sexual servitude during World War II. He said he will try to have materials related to the "comfort women" issue listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean opposition leader urges UNESCO listing of "comfort women" issue

Moon Jae In, leader of South Korea's main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy party, speaks at the 1,200th weekly rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2015, on the issue of Korean women forced into sexual servitude during World War II. He pledged to have materials related to the "comfort women" issue added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of ex-Indonesian 'comfort women' exhibited in Tokyo

Photos of former Indonesian "comfort women" forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers in World War II are exhibited in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2015. The photos were taken by Dutch photographer Jan Banning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dutchman talks at Tokyo show of ex-Indonesian "comfort women" photos

Dutch photographer Jan Banning (2nd from L) talks in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2015, at his exhibition of photos of former Indonesian "comfort women" forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo