Japan committed indescribable wrongdoings by forcing women from South Korea and elsewhere to serve as sex slaves to its wartime troops, former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama said yesterday. A comic book which depicts genitalia and sexual acts in two thirds of its content was ruled obscene in a landmark court case which has sparked a debate on freedom of expression in Japan. In addition to a territorial row over two tiny islands, many South Koreans feel Japan has not squarely faced its wartime past, including the brutal 1910-1945 rule of the Korean peninsula.

South Korean politicians and media blasted Nakayama, who caused a stir last November by praising history textbooks that played down what he termed "excessive descriptions" of Japanese wartime wrongdoing. 黃色A級 But the term "comfort women" is set to disappear from many government-approved history textbooks for junior high schools from next year, Japanese media have reported. A man walks past advertisements for comic books and compact discs on the street in Tokyo.

Eminent academics and 美女自拍 critics had testified that it was not a matter for the state to judge obscenity and restricting expression was unconstitutional. Jun Byung-hun, a spokesman for South Korea's ruling Uri Party, said on Sunday. Two people -- the cartoonist and the chief editor of the comic book -- have been fined 500,000 yen (4,700 dollars) each. Eminent academics and critics had testified that it was not a matter for the state to judge obscenity and restricting expression was unconstitutional.

In addition to a territorial row over two tiny islands, A片 many South Koreans feel Japan has not squarely faced its wartime past, including the brutal 1910-1945 rule of the Korean peninsula. Japan's top government spokesman sought to contain any further damage, saying Tokyo was sorry for the sex slaves. In April 2002, Kishi sold some 20,500 copies of the 144-page book, entitled "Misshitsu (Honey Room)" and marketed as for adults only.

Historians estimate that as many as 200,000 women, mostly Korean, were forced into sexual slavery in Japanese military brothels during World War II. The book, consisting of eight short stories, was priced at 920 yen (8.7 dollars) But the term "comfort women" is set to disappear from many government-approved history textbooks for junior high schools from next year, Japanese media have reported. Four Japanese basketball players have been sent home from the Asian Games for allegedly paying prostitutes for sex, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) said on Monday.

The book, consisting of eight short stories, was priced at 920 yen (8.7 dollars). Japan apologized again on Monday for the suffering of women who served as sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II, 亞洲美女 (https://wins.red/) a day after comments by a cabinet minister drew an angry reaction in South Korea. Kishi's defence counsel had argued that an article in Japan's penal code, which prohibits the sale and distribution of obscene literature, violated the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression.