Nikon cancels a photo exhibition by Ahn Sehong on Japan 's comfort women in Tokyo . Japan has a track record of downplaying its war crimes . Photographer says he believes it demonstrates discrimination against the women . `` Comfort women '' is the term given to Korean women used as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers . The word'comfort woman'was coined during World War II, when American troops were forced into sexual slavery with Asian women and girls from China.
Nikon cancels a photo exhibition by Ahn Sehong on Japan 's comfort women in Tokyo . Photographer says he believes it demonstrates discrimination against the women . `` Comfort women '' is the term given to Korean women used as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers . The word'comfort woman'was coined during World War II, when American troops were forced into sexual slavery with Asian women and girls from China.