Official documents shed light on Tokyo's role in 'comfort women': Kyodo

The Imperial Japanese Army asked the government to provide one "comfort woman" for every 70 soldiers, Japan's Kyodo news agencysaid, citing wartime government documents it had reviewed, shedding a fresh light on Tokyo's involvement in the practice."Comfort women" is a euphemism for the girls and women - many of them Korean - forced into prostitution at Japanese military brothels.The issue has plagued Japan's ties with South Korea for decades.