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Takuma Melber interviewed by Deutschlandfunk Kultur

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15 January 2021

The radio station
Deutschlandfunk Kultur "Fazit" conducted an interview with
Dr. Takuma Melber, lecturer and coordinator of the
Master’s in Transcultural Studies, about the "comfort women" dispute between South Korea and Japan. The euphemism "comfort women" (jap. ianfu) is a term for young women forced into becoming sex slaves for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The radio interview is accessible
here.