Abe's attitude toward the issue of comfort women

Abe expressed on TV that he shared the same sentiment and cognition toward the issue of comfort women as Kouno.

安倍首相は１１日、ＮＨＫの番組で、いわゆる従軍慰安婦問題に関して「心の傷を負い、大変な苦労をされた方々に心からおわびを申し上げている」とした上で、「小泉前首相、橋本元首相も元慰安婦の方々に（おわびの）手紙を出している。その気持ちは私も全く変わらない」と語った。


　手紙は、財団法人「女性のためのアジア平和国民基金」が「償い金」を元慰安婦に支給する際に橋本元首相以降の歴代首相が出したものだ。この中で「当時の軍の関与の下に、多数の女性の名誉と尊厳を深く傷つけた。数多（あまた）の苦痛を経験され、心身にわたり癒（いや）しがたい傷を負われたすべての方々に、心からおわびと反省の気持ちを申し上げる」と記している。（2007年3月12日/yomiuri

China reported it, I guess, positively.

Tokyo, March 11 (Xinhua) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Sunday expressed unfeigned apology to 'comfort women' who were forced by Japan's then military government into sex slavery during World War II.

In a TV programme of NHK, Abe also reiterated that his government will not change the policy of honouring the Kono statement.

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Ryutaro Hashimoto have both sent letters of apology to past 'comfort women,' and he shares the same mind and want to sincerely apologise to those ' comfort women' who have suffered mentally and physically, Abe was quoted as saying by Kyodo News Xinhua.

Nothing is new.
The apology is not addressed to ex-comfort women but he confirmed and affirmed the apology the former PM had made.
What else the US congress want? Visit every so-called ex-comfort woman and kneel down
and apologize? That is fun. let Abe do it.