[国际新闻] 美国媒体：日本应对慰安妇作官方谢罪

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日本首相安倍晋三近日发表了有关日本在二战中“强征慰安妇没有历史依据”的言论。对此，美国《国际先驱论坛报》3月6日发表评论文章批评指出，日本实在太过健忘。以下为内容摘要：! _* h6 k  v/ o( I$ A4 }8 g
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　　文章设问：到底是“日军慰安妇”的哪个历史片断令安倍难以理解和作出道歉呢？实际上，关键的事实非常明瞭，并不存在争议。1 d5 r& q9 U6 c4 N" i8 z; v

  h$ E9 W/ H) L0 x　　“日军慰安妇”虽也为日本军人提供性服务，但这与自愿成为军妓显然有本质的不同。前者是在日军的刺刀下被强行逼迫的结果，是日军有组织、有计划强征或骗征的，而后者则主要是出于一种经济利益考虑的自愿行为。前者属于被强奸，后者则是在卖淫。人在德国 社区6 p0 k' y) P( Y# T0 F9 [6 q

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7 {8 V3 o4 f. w; r5 s7 x5 A4 ULee Yong Soo, 78, was one of three women who testified before the United States Congress last month that she was forced into sex slavery by Japanese soldiers during WWII.
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　　文章指出，日本政府和高官也曾承认“日军慰安妇”的存在。日本政府对二战的辩护档曾记录了这些惨剧。1993年，时任内阁官房长官的河野洋平曾发表谈话说，要通过历史教育，让人们永远记住“慰安妇”这些事，并表示日本决不重犯同样错误。这在一定程度上算是就慰安妇问题发表的谢罪谈话。另外，日本政府专门为支付原随军慰安妇赔偿金而设立了民间基金会——“亚洲女性基金”。
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　　然而，现任日本政府却妄想事情就这么算了。日本“亚洲女性基金”将于本月解散。首相安倍上周宣称没有证据表明慰安妇是被强迫的，后来又于本周初不情愿地对1993年“河野谈话”立场表示支持，从而拒绝对“慰安妇”问题作出正式道歉。
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　　从安倍的行为可以看出，比起日本的国际形象来，安倍似乎更加关心如何取悦自民党内部的右翼派别。这些右翼人士宣称，二战中“日军慰安妇”的运作实际上属于健康的企业运营。甚至有自民党议员把日军与慰安妇的关系，比作大学把餐厅外包给私营企业的关系。
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　　日本政府扭曲事实的种种做法，只能使自己在国际社会更加丢脸。日本应该扩大1993年“河野谈话”立场，而不是削弱。% N# X- d2 [/ I# m. S+ O
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　　文章表示，对于“慰安妇”问题，日本国会应坦率地作出官方谢罪，并对幸存的原慰安妇给予慷慨的官方赔偿。日本政界人士必须认识到，摆脱不光彩历史的第一步是承认历史。安倍应该率先认识到这一点。 rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 r6 A, B: k% d+ \
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What part of “Japanese Army sex slaves” does Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, have so much trouble understanding and apologizing for?人在德国 社区% F0 o- y4 X# n

& T# [# J! D0 j$ x8 k6 K% QThe underlying facts have long been beyond serious dispute. During World War II, Japan’s Army set up sites where women rounded up from Japanese colonies like Korea were expected to deliver sexual services to Japan’s soldiers.
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These were not commercial brothels. Force, explicit and implicit, was used in recruiting these women. What went on in them was serial rape, not prostitution. The Japanese Army’s involvement is documented in the government’s own defense files. A senior Tokyo official more or less apologized for this horrific crime in 1993. The unofficial fund set up to compensate victims is set to close down this month.
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4 D  s* f( _3 I% M, q/ u7 hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deAnd Mr. Abe wants the issue to end there. Last week, he claimed that there was no evidence that the victims had been coerced. Yesterday, he grudgingly acknowledged the 1993 quasi apology, but only as part of a pre-emptive declaration that his government would reject the call, now pending in the United States Congress, for an official apology. America isn’t the only country interested in seeing Japan belatedly accept full responsibility. Korea and China are also infuriated by years of Japanese equivocations over the issue.
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, _9 l! f3 |+ A1 M  fMr. Abe seems less concerned with repairing Japan’s sullied international reputation than with appealing to a large right-wing faction within his Liberal Democratic Party that insists that the whole shameful episode was a case of healthy private enterprise. One ruling party lawmaker, in his misplaced zeal to exculpate the Army, even suggested the offensive analogy of a college that outsourced its cafeteria to a private firm.
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- n+ t1 V1 z) ~; B. N! B, q4 r人在德国 社区Japan is only dishonored by such efforts to contort the truth.
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The 1993 statement needs to be expanded upon, not whittled down. Parliament should issue a frank apology and provide generous official compensation to the surviving victims. It is time for Japan’s politicians — starting with Mr. Abe — to recognize that the first step toward overcoming a shameful past is acknowledging it.