Organizers, festival host agree to reopen "comfort women" exhibition

Organizers of an art exhibition featuring a statue symbolizing "comfort women" that had been shut down and the host of the art festival containing it in Nagoya, central Japan, agreed Monday to reopen the exhibit in a high-profile case involving the freedom of expression.After reaching a settlement on the case, the two sides said they plan to reopen the exhibit at the Aichi Triennale 2019 sometime between Oct. 6 and 8.The settlement came after the Nagoya District Court held a hearing on a demand that the exhibit "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" be reopened.The executive committee of the exhi…READ FULL ARTICLE