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TOKYO – The Japanese government has absolved the actions of its army that occured during the Second World War.

The Japanese High Court set aside the claims made by the hundreds of comfort women which found the former Imperial Japanese Army guilty of committing rape on hundreds of thousands of women in Japanese-occupied territory during the war.

The case has been a point of contention between the two governments since the end of the Second World War, with the associations formed by former comfort women raising the issue every now and then.

In the judgement presented by the Japanese High Court, Supreme Judge Hatsukoi Yamashita pointed out that the comfort women had not only lodged a report years after the alleged rape, but did not provide a reasonable explanation for the delay, especially considering the severity of its offence.

“The excuse presented by these associations was that it was too shameful to lodge a report was baseless.  If so, then why were these reports lodged?” Yamashita was quoted as saying.

The High Court mentioned that the comfort women had ample opportunities to lodge reports, given the large period of time that passed after each case.

“The associations refused to lodge a report after thousands, perhaps millions of counselling hours, as well as doing so only after receiving international representation. Do these comfort women need that much time before acting on the matter?”

The High Court exclaimed that what members of the Imperial Army did to women during the war would not have been seen as acceptable to society. However, the judges maintained that moral understanding should have had no place in determining the guilt of an organization, and explained that a verdict should be based on hard evidence instead.

Representatives of the Japanese education department who attended the hearing, were known to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Note:  I am not making fun of rape, nor am I disputing the horrific events that took place during the Second World War. I’m just alluding to a certain local report that some of you may or may not be familiar with. If you’re not, get familiar with it. Now.

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