Former Japanese Prime Minister meets 'comfort women'

Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama (right) meets with former comfort women during a visit to Seoul on February 11, 2014. -AFP

SEOUL: Tomiichi Murayama, the former Japanese prime minister known for his 1995 apology over wartime aggression, met Tuesday with three South Korean "comfort women" who served as sex slaves to Japanese troops.

"Please stay healthy," the 89-year-old ex-premier told the women as he clasped their hands at an exhibition of art works by comfort women being held in the South Korean parliament complex in Seoul.