Shinzō Abe 2007 commented for instance: What part of 'Japanese Army sex slaves' does Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, have so much trouble understanding and apologizing for? ... These were not commercial brothels. Force, explicit and implicit, was used in recruiting these women. What went on in them was serial rape, not prostitution. The Japanese Army's involvement is documented in the government's own defense files. A senior Tokyo official more or less apologized for this horrific crime in 1993 ... Yesterday, [Abe] grudgingly acknowledged the 1993 quasi-apology, but only as part of a pre-emptive declaration that his government would reject the call,
Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful the tracks Norman Granz mixed for the unreleased album "Ella In Nippon". Disc One: Recorded January 19, 1964 at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Disc Two: Recorded January 22, 1964 at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Japan. Disc 2 Disc One: Tracks 1 to 12; Tracks 13 to 16; Disc Two: Tracks 1 to 6; Tracks 7 to 10; Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful is a 1964 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in Tokyo, Japan. Norman Granz sold the Verve label to MGM Records in 1961, but continued to manage her