Ties between Japan and South Korea have been strained by a range of feuds, including one over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual visits to a Tokyo shrine for the war dead which Seoul, like China, sees as a symbol of Japan's past militarism The Tokyo District Court found Monotori Kishi, a 54-year-old publisher, H片 guilty of distributing obscene printed material and handed him a one-year prison term suspended for three years.

In April 2002, Kishi sold some 20,500 copies of the 144-page book, entitled "Misshitsu (Honey Room)" and 色情 marketed as for adults only. 黃色A級 But the term "comfort women" is set to disappear from many government-approved history textbooks for 成人 junior high schools from next year, Japanese media have reported. A comic book which depicts genitalia and sexual acts in two thirds of its content was ruled obscene in a landmark court case which has sparked a debate on freedom of expression in Japan.

Historians estimate that as many as 200,000 women, mostly Korean, were forced into sexual slavery in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Murayama, who as prime minister issued an apology in 1995 for Japan's wartime aggression, said that it was time for Tokyo to finally resolve the issue of the so-called "comfort women" who were drafted into military brothels. A man walks past advertisements for comic books and compact discs on the street in Tokyo. Japan apologized again on Monday for the suffering of women who served as sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II, 色情影片 (https://wins.red/) a day after comments by a cabinet minister drew an angry reaction in South Korea.

Kishi immediately appealed in the Tokyo High Court.如果您打算在多篇條目使用該文件，請在這裡列出其中一個；上傳文件後，打開圖像描述頁面進行編輯，手動為每篇使用文件的條目添加個別說明?? Kishi's defence counsel had argued that an article in Japan's penal code, which prohibits the sale and distribution of obscene literature, violated the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression. The book, consisting of eight short stories, was priced at 920 yen (8.7 dollars).

Japan committed indescribable wrongdoings by forcing women from South Korea and elsewhere to serve as sex slaves to its wartime troops, former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama said yesterday. South Korean politicians and media blasted Nakayama, who caused a stir last November by praising history textbooks that played down what he termed "excessive descriptions" of Japanese wartime wrongdoing In addition to a territorial row over two tiny islands, many South Koreans feel Japan has not squarely faced its wartime past, including the brutal 1910-1945 rule of the Korean peninsula.

In a bid to narrow the gap over history, the two governments launched a joint study four years ago, but a report on its results issued on Friday showed the two sides were sharply at odds on many subjects, 亞洲美女 including the sex slaves issue. Japan's top government spokesman sought to contain any further damage, saying Tokyo was sorry for the sex slaves. The penal code article itself does not clearly define obscenity but the legal precedent was set by a 1957 Supreme Court ruling over a Japanese translation of D.