Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references

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BBC reports Yomiuri's apology.



Japan's biggest newspaper has issued a controversial apology for using the term "sex slaves" when referring to women who worked in brothels set up for Japanese soldiers in World War Two.

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