Japan hires US lobby firms over 'comfort women' issue IANS | Washington Last Updated at February 7, 2014 04:35 IST https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/japan-hires-us-lobby-firms-over-comfort-women-issue-114020700060_1.html Japan has hired US lobby firms to deal with "comfort women" issue that has roiled Japan's relations with those countries whose women were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese Imperial Armed Forces during World War II, a US daily said Thursday. At least two Washington-based lobby firms, Hogan Lovells and Hecht Spencer & Associates , are keeping tabs on the issue for the Japanese government, The Hill, a congressional newspaper, said in an article published online, Xinhua reported. Citing Justice Department records, the paper said the government in Tokyo paid Hogan Lovells more than $523,000 from September 20...
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