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意訳だが、
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.nytimes.com)
Women Forced Into WWII Brothels Served Necessary Role, Osaka Mayor Says
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Published: May 13, 2013
>…
>Toru Hashimoto, the populist mayor of Osaka, also said American soldiers stationed in
>Okinawa should make more use of the island’s adult entertainment industry, which
>he said would reduce the incidence of sexual crimes against local women.…
沖縄の米兵も、現地女性への性犯罪をへらすためにアダルト産業を利用して欲しいと
述べた。
>…Some historians estimate that 200,000 women were rounded up from across Asia
>to work as comfort women for the Japanese Army. Other historians put that number
>in the tens of thousands, and say they served of their own will.…
(前半略)、何万もの女性がいたが、自分の意思で従事したという歴史家もいる
>…Other countries’ militaries used prostitutes, too, he said, and added that in any case
>there was no proof that the Japanese authorities had forced women into servitude.…
(橋下氏は)他の国の軍隊も売春婦を利用しているし、日本政府が女性に奴隷状態を
強いたという証拠は存在しないと述べた。
結構正確に報道されてるようだぞ。