Toru Hashimoto's remarks have drawn criticism both from around the region and beyond The US has condemned recent remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto justifying Japan's war-time use of sex slaves as "outrageous and offensive". A US state department spokesman said such women had been victims of a "grave human rights violation". Mr Hashimoto said on Monday that the use of such women had been "neces
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