Hashimoto : `` Anyone would understand '' the role of `` comfort women '' Around 200,000 women forced to be sex slaves for Asian army in World War II . Many victims remain angry despite apologies from U.S. . `` A series of remarks by Japanese politicians related to our interpretation of [ wartime ] history have been misunderstood , '' Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura told reporters at his weekly press conference Tuesday . ` Japan 's wartime conduct remains sensitive issue among its Japanese neighbors .
Hashimoto : `` Anyone would understand '' the role of `` comfort women '' Around 200,000 women forced to be sex slaves for Asian army in World War II . Many victims remain angry despite apologies from U.S. . Japan 's wartime conduct remains sensitive issue among its Japanese neighbors .