LDP lawmaker under fire for war memorial remark in Okinawa

LDP lawmaker under fire for war memorial remark in Okinawa

A hawkish member of Japan's ruling party on Wednesday came under fire for his statement that descriptions at a war memorial rewrote the history of the Himeyuri student corps, many of whom lost their lives in Okinawa, one of the fiercest battlegrounds of World War II. Facing an immediate backlash,…

Liberal Democratic Party Senator Masashi Nishida claimed that the exhibits on the Himeyuri Student Corps had "rewritten history." Researchers who are working to preserve the memory of the Battle of Okinawa based on the horrific battlefield experiences of survivors have said, "The Peace Memorial Museum is a place where exhibits are based on the testimonies of the survivors.

Following comments made by Liberal Democratic Party Senator Masashi Nishida regarding the exhibits at the Himeyuri Monument (Itoman City) as "rewriting history," four ruling party groups in the prefectural assembly decided on the 6th to propose a resolution of protest. They are expected to demand a retraction of the remarks and an apology to the prefecture's citizens and war dead. The ruling party will call for deliberation at the prefectural as…