The leaders of Japan and South Korea have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War Two.
Japan has apologised and will pay 1bn yen ($8.3m; £5.6m) - the amount South Korea asked for - to fund victims.
Estimates suggest up to 200,000 women were sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WW2, many of them Korean.
Other women came from China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan.
The issue has been the key cause of strained relations between Japan and South Korea.
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Only 46 former "comfort women" are still alive in South Korea.
Monday, December 28, 2015
Japan and South Korea hail agreement
The leaders of Japan and South Korea have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War Two.
Japan has apologised and will pay 1bn yen ($8.3m; £5.6m) - the amount South Korea asked for - to fund victims.
Estimates suggest up to 200,000 women were sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WW2, many of them Korean.
Other women came from China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan.
The issue has been the key cause of strained relations between Japan and South Korea.
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Only 46 former "comfort women" are still alive in South Korea.
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