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Aso criticizes sex-slave resolution

Foreign Minister Taro Aso KYODO PHOTO

Foreign Minister Taro Aso expressed displeasure Feb. 19 over a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning Japan for acts of sexual exploitation during World War II, saying he finds it groundless.

"It is extremely regrettable and definitely not based on facts," Aso told a Lower House Budget Committee session.

The bipartisan resolution is aimed at censuring Japan for forcing women of other parts of Asia to provide sex for the Japanese military and calls on Tokyo to "formally acknowledge, apologize and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner" for the exploitation.

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