The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun’s morning edition on Jan. 11, 1992, carried another “scoop” at the top of its front page. The main headline read: “Comfort stations; records show military involvement.” There were five other headlines attached to the story: — “Defense Agency library has directives, logs of former Japanese military” — “Local troops ordered to establish [comfort stations]” — “[Military] controlled, supervised [comfort stations], including recruitment [of women]” — “Government stance of ‘all left to private sector’ wavering” — “Directives issued under chief of staff’s name, stamped by assistant chief” Six headlines were used for this story, whereas Japanese newspapers...
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