A special Liberal Democratic Party committee on Thursday discussed ways to better convey Japan's views on wartime historical issues to counter a public relations blitz by South Korea.
During the sixth gathering of the Special Mission Committee to Restore the Honor and Trust of Japan, chaired by Hirofumi Nakasone, some members said a carefully crafted strategic plan is needed to gain the understanding of the international community when it comes to the issue of "comfort women," a euphemism for those who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels.
In the discussions on how the forced prostitution issue is portrayed in school textbooks overseas, a Foreign Ministry official told the committee that textbooks by one publisher in Germany and three in the United States contain depictions of comfort women.
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