New light shed on Japan's 2012 proposal to heal "comfort women" rift

In the spring of 2012 when the issue of so-called "comfort women" was reignited between Japan and South Korea, the Japanese government of then Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda presented a proposal to Seoul aimed at resolving the matter, it was learned by Sunday from former senior officials of both countries.The informal proposal featured apologies to all the surviving victims by the Japanese ambassador as well as Japanese government-funded humanitarian measures, according to the officials.While South Korea has long called on Japan to acknowledge state responsibility for wartime Japanese milita…READ FULL ARTICLE