焦点：「慰安婦」など表記変更 ジャパンタイムズで何が起きたか
［東京 ２５日 ロイター］ - 日本の代表的な英字新聞、ジャパンタイムズの新オフィスで、昨年１２月３日、同社幹部と十数名の記者らが激しい論争を繰り広げた。対立に火をつけたのは、日韓摩擦の火種となっている「慰安婦」と「徴用工」について、１１月３０日付の紙面に掲載された「editor’s note」（編集長の説明）だった。 今後、ジャパンタイムズは徴用工を「forced laborers（強制された労働者）」ではなく「戦時中の労働者（wartime laborers）」と表現する。慰安婦については「日本の軍隊に性行為の提供を強制された女性たち（women who were forced to provide sex for Japanese troops）」としてきた説明を変え、「意思に反してそうした者も含め、戦時中の娼館で日本兵に性行為を提供するために働いた女性たち（women who wo
Motley crew of foreigners backing Japan's revisionists basks in media glare
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Japanese adults spend crazy money on cellphone games
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