A bronze sculpture depicting a blindfolded woman representing Filipino women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese Imperial forces during World War II, stands near the Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, 21 December 2017. The sculpture, commissioned by a Filipino-Chinese foundation, was unveiled on December 8, 2017, the anniversary of Japan's initial invasion of Manila. According to local media reports, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has asked the local government for a background of the monument, “taking into account the sensitive nature of the comfort woman issue both do
A bronze sculpture depicting a blindfolded woman representing Filipino women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese Imperial forces during World War II, stands near the Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, 21 December 2017. The sculpture, commissioned by a Filipino-Chinese foundation, was unveiled on December 8, 2017, the anniversary of Japan's initial invasion of Manila. According to local media reports, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has asked the local government for a background of the monument, “taking into account the sensitive nature of the comfort woman issue both domestically and bilaterally with Japan," reads a letter dated December 12 and signed by Assistant Secretary Milicent Cruz-Paredes. The issue comes after a sculpture with a similar theme was unveiled in September in San Francisco, California, which resulted in Osaka, Japan mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura to cut sixty-year old ties with the city. (Photo by Richard James Mendoza / Pacific Press)
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