Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday his government has demanded South Korea's National Assembly speaker retract remarks seeking an apology from Emperor Akihito to end a protracted bilateral spat over women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels."I was astonished. We've immediately conveyed through diplomatic channels that the remarks were extremely inappropriate and deplorable," Abe told a parliamentary committee, referring to Moon Hee Sang's comments made to U.S. media last week during an interview that included the "comfort women" issue.The Japanese government ha…READ FULL ARTICLE
