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Yohei Kono, who apologized for Japan's wartime sexual abuses of 'comfort women,' dies at 89

Posted 6/10/26

Veteran Japanese politician Yohei Kono has died at 89. As chief Cabinet secretary in 1993, Kono issued a historic apology to Asian women for sexual abuses by Japan's wartime military. His statement …

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