Tale of Two Cities: Osaka Cuts Ties with San Francisco Over Comfort Woman Statue

On Wednesday, the mayor of Osaka, Japan, ended its “sister city” relationship with San Francisco, California, following a dispute over the status of Asian “comfort women,” a symbol of Filipino, Korean and other Asian cultures abused as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers leading up to and during World War II.

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