Man held for arson threat to Japan museum over "comfort women" exhibit

A 59-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for making an arson threat against a central Japan museum which displayed a statue symbolizing so-called wartime comfort women, police said.Shuji Hotta, a truck driver living in Aichi Prefecture, has admitted to faxing the threat earlier in the month to organizers of the art festival Aichi Triennale 2019, the police said.The exhibit titled "After 'Freedom of Expression?'," which featured a statue symbolizing women who were forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels, was pulled following a flurry of protests and threats.The issue of comfort …READ FULL ARTICLE