Friday, November 24, 2017

Osaka mayor to end sister city status with San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue

Osaka mayor to end sister city status with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue

Japan's third-largest city, Osaka, and San Francisco became sister cities in 1957 — part of a project to twin Japanese cities with American counterparts to foster peace between former enemies and celebrate historical ties. Sixty years later, that relationship is slated to come to an abrupt end. The cause of the breakup? A statue installed this year that commemorates the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/11/25/osaka-mayor-to-end-sister-city-status-with-san-francisco-over-comfort-women-statue/

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