Okinawa Prefectural Assembly Passes Protest Resolution Calling for Retraction of Himeyuri Remarks (Kyodo News)

At an extraordinary session on the 16th, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (chaired by Nakagawa Kyotaka) passed a resolution of protest by a majority in favor, calling for the withdrawal and apology of comments made by Liberal Democratic Party Senator Nishida Masashi regarding the Himeyuri Monument. The Japan Restoration Party opposed the resolution. Discussions were tangled over the wording of the statement regarding the reality of the Battle of…

On the 16th, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly passed a resolution by a majority in protest of the remarks made by Senator Masashi Nishida of the Liberal Democratic Party regarding the explanation of the exhibition at the Himeyuri Monument, which he called a "rewriting of history." The resolution was also supported by both the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party. Nishida apologized at a press conference on the 9th, but said, "What I'm …