Tokyo criticized Seoul on Friday over a South Korean minister’s use of the term “sex slaves” at a U.N. committee meeting in Geneva to describe the women who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels before and during World War II.

“Japan is of the view that the expression ‘sex slaves’ contradicts the facts and should not be used,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.   The Japan Times

South Korean Gender Equality and Family Minister Chung Hyun-back (right) attends a meeting in Seoul in November to promote documents related to ‘comfort women’ to be nominated for UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, along with Lee Yong-soo, who was forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels. | KYODO