不自由展延期、会場使えず　「近隣に迷惑」―東京

　東京都内で２５日から開催予定だった「表現の不自由展」について、実行委員会は２４日、延期すると発表した。会場側から「近隣への迷惑が掛かる」として貸し出しを断られたという。７月に予定される名古屋、大阪両市内での展示終了後の開催を目指す。
　同展は、国際芸術祭「あいちトリエンナーレ２０１９」で、従軍慰安婦を象徴する少女像が展示され一時中止となった企画展「表現の不自由展・その後」の作品などを再展示しようと企画された。反対派の妨害活動を受け、会場が一度変更されていた。
　記者会見した実行委の岩崎貞明さん（５７）は「見る権利すら奪うことは人権侵害だ」と強調。開催に反対する抗議のメールが十数件寄せられているといい、「不自由展を開催することで、社会の空気に石を投げていきたい」と話した。（2021/06/24-12:37）

The organizers of an art exhibition featuring a statue of a girl symbolizing so-called comfort women said Thursday that the event in Tokyo has been postponed.
   The decision was made after the owner of the venue where the exhibition was set to open on Friday refused to rent the place for the event, saying that hosting it would "disturb the neighbors," according to the organizers.
   The "Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition" features art pieces, including the statue of the girl, that were shown in the controversial "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" event held as part of the Aichi Triennale 2019 cultural festival.
   The 2019 exhibition in the central prefecture of Aichi was once suspended soon after the festival's opening as its content faced a storm of protest.
   Comfort women, mostly Koreans, were prostitutes at Japanese military brothels before and during World War II, including those who were forced to work there. Wartime issues remain a sensitive topic between Japan and South Korea.