少女像「極めて残念」　加藤官房長官

　加藤勝信官房長官は２９日の記者会見で、ベルリン中心部に慰安婦を象徴する少女像が設置されたことについて、「わが国政府の立場、取り組みとは相いれない極めて残念なことだ」と述べた。
　加藤氏は「政府として、撤去に向けてさまざまな関係者にアプローチし、わが国の立場を説明するなど引き続き働き掛けを行っていきたい」と語った。少女像は在ドイツの韓国系市民団体が歩道に設置した。（2020/09/29-11:39）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato expressed regret on Tuesday over a newly revealed statue depicting so-called comfort women in central Berlin.
   "It is extremely regrettable and incompatible with the position and efforts of our government," Kato said at a press conference, regarding the statue, which symbolizes women who were forced into prostitution for Japanese troops before and during World War II.
   The statue of a girl was set up on a pedestrian path in the Mitte district in Berlin by a group of citizens of Korean descent in Germany. It was revealed on Monday, with politicians from the district present.
   "As the government, we want to approach a variety of people and continue to explain our country's stance in order to achieve its removal," Kato said.
   According to the citizen group, the comfort women monument in Mitte is the third such statue in Germany, but it is the first to be in a public location.