Toru Hashimoto

Toru Hashimoto

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  Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary

  An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to ... 

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  After landslide, Abe says Japan has difficult road

  After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday ... 

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  Conservative party favored as Japanese vote

  Japanese were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that were expected to put the once-dominant conservatives back in power after a three-year ... 

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  Final campaign push a day before Japanese vote

  Candidates made final impassioned appeals Saturday to Japanese voters a day before parliamentary elections that are likely to hand power back to a ...