WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes

Richelda Extremadura (right) executive director of Lila Pilipina, an organization of former comfort women and their supporters, assists alleged Filipino "comfort women" as they display Origami paper cranes to symbolize peace during a forum to demand justice, compensation and apology from the Japanese government for their war crimes, Jan 22, 2016 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, the Philippines.- AP

MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua): Surviving Filipino women sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to acknowledge its war crimes, resolve the "comfort women" issue, and stop "warmongering."

"It is very unjust on the part of the Japanese government to continue ignoring the issue of Filipino comfort women who have suffered long enough, more than half a century in silence," Sharon Cabusao-Silva, the executive director of Lila Pilipina, told reporters.