Okinawa mayor 'sorry' for US brothel remarks

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22666899

Okinawa mayor 'sorry' for US brothel remarks

The mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka has apologised for suggesting US soldiers should use legal brothels as a way to curb sexual crimes in Okinawa.

US personnel have been involved in a number of violent crimes in Okinawa over the years, including rapes.

Toru Hashimoto drew international criticism last week when he said that sex slaves ("comfort women") served a necessary role during World War II.

Two former "comfort women" cancelled their meeting with him on Friday.

Mr Hashimoto, a leading figure in the small, nationalist Japan Restoration Party, later apologised for those remarks.

(continued, seems he was talking modern day sense and got pulled down for historic concerns?)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Getting laid isn't what most sex crimes are about anyway. If they were then we could save a lot of trouble by passing out Fleshlights.

[Svartalf]

wanking is a coping method, but definitely no substitute to getting laid.

[klr]

Japanese politicians seem to have an above-average tendency for putting foot in mouth in a really big way.

[JimC]

Japanese politicians seem to have an above-average tendency for putting foot in mouth in a really big way.

One suspects that the right wing ones keep testing the waters, hoping that one day, such references will not provoke any criticism, and they'll know that they can notch it up to another level...

[Warren Dew]

Japanese politicians seem to have an above-average tendency for putting foot in mouth in a really big way.

One suspects that the right wing ones keep testing the waters, hoping that one day, such references will not provoke any criticism, and they'll know that they can notch it up to another level...

This one suspects that they are playing to local audiences that are receptive to the idea of non-Japanese being enslaved for the benefit of Japanese.