In the 1990s, the newspaper Asahi Shimbun caused a firestorm at home and in South Korea by publishing a series of articles, based upon testimony by the former Japanese soldier Seiji Yoshida, on “comfort women” – Koreans forced to provide sexual services to the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Asahi has now admitted that the soldier’s confessions were unfounded, and has disavowed the core supporting evidence for the articles.
20世纪90年代，《朝日新闻》发表了一系列基于前日军士兵吉田清治（Seiji Yoshida）回忆的关于“慰安妇”的文章。二战期间，许多韩国妇女被迫为大日本帝国皇军提供性服务，被称为慰安妇。《朝日新闻》现在承认，吉田清治的自白根本是子虚乌有，该系列文章的核心支持证据也是假的。