'Japan Times' Newspaper Redefines 'Comfort Women' And 'Forced Labor'
An editor's note explained the changes are intended to provide clarity but they have been met with anger and the paper is accused of trying whitewash the country's wartime atrocities.
On Friday, The Japan Times â the oldest English language newspaper in the that country â announced it has changed how it will describe women who were used as sex slaves and people who were forced into grueling labor in Japanese-owned companies before and during World War II.
The shift has triggered widespread criticism of the newspaper which has been accused of adopting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative political
