Japan's redress for its past crimes urged
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 26 (KCNA) -- A seminar of delegates of international non-governmental organizations on the issue of "Comfort Women for the Japanese Army" was held at the United Nations recently.
They took a serious note of the Japanese authorities' base attitude to cover up the truth and historical facts about the crimes related to "Comfort Women for the Japanese Army" and to evade their responsibility for them and unanimously underscored the need to put strong pressure upon the Japanese government till this issue is satisfactorily settled.
Minju Joson today says this in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
It is not the first time that the issue of Japan's settlement of its past was discussed at the U.N.
The holding of the seminar at the U.N. was attributable to the wrong stand and attitude of the Japanese government toward its crime-woven past.
As far as the issue of the "Comfort Women for the Japanese Army" is concerned, it was the state-sponsored crime committed by the Japanese imperialists in the past under a concrete plan for the continental war of aggression. It was, therefore, a crime against humanity unprecedented in human history.
It is an urgent issue for Japan to redress its past crimes as it can never evade its responsibility.
If the Japanese authorities insist on such wrong stand and attitude toward this issue, it will invite stronger international denunciation and rebuff.
If Japan truly wants to improve its tarnished image and win international confidence as a member of the international community, it should pay attention to the demand of the community and redress its past crimes without delay.
