MANILA: Ninety-year-old Hilaria Bustamante casts a tearful gaze at a wall plastered with photos of departed fellow sex slaves, vowing to demand justice during a historic visit to the Philippines by Japan’s emperor.
Unbowed despite painful arthritis, the oldest known living Filipina “comfort woman” said she would join street protests to continue an unsuccessful campaign that has lasted more than 70 years.
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