. >> the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has apologized for the second world war policy forcing hundreds of thousands of south korean women to be sex slaves to japanese soldiers. it was an issue that has long soured relations. turkey will pay $8.3 million in compensation to the living victims. >> the victims have waited 70 years for an apology for japan. it finally came from japanese president shinzo abe. >> we have been expressing you our remorse on this issue as previous presidents have. i hope this will serve as an agreement. >> it is an issue that has strained the two vince for years, and now in relief they can move on. >> i think its most importantly that the japanese government quickly and safely carry out the measures on this deal. >> more than 200,000 aaron wom 200,000 asian women were forced to perform sex for japanese soldiers. >> the government has been trying to settle in issue by the end of this year. we'll follow the government's decision. >> korea was a japanese colony for 35 years from 1910 to 1945, and that history still effects south korea's relationship with japan. >>

. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has apologized, part of a deal with south korea on an issue that's long soured relation he. paying $8.3 million in compensation to the victims. victoria gatenby has the story. >> reporter: the victims have waited 70 years for an apology from japan. it finally came from japanese president shinzo abe. >> we have been expressing our feelings of remorse and apology on this issue as the previous governments have and such position will not be changed. from today japan and south korea will enter into a new era. i hope this agreement will serve as a momentum for japan and south korea. >> it's an issue that strained relations between the two countries for years. so there's relief that they can at last move on. >> translator: in order to restore the dignity and regain the impaired reputation of the comfort women as well as heal their wounded hearts through the agreement i think it's most important that the japanese government swiftly and safely carry out the measures under this deal. >> reporter: historians estimate that women were forced into providing sex in

. >>> japan prime minister shinzo abe has apologied for the us forcing of coo south korean women as sex slaves. >> witting 70 years for an apology from japan. it came from shinzo abe. >> we have been expressing our feelings of remorse and apology on this issue as the previous governments have, and such position will not be changed. from today japan and south korea will enter into a new era. i hope this agreement will serve as an momentum for japan and south korea. >> it's an issue that strained the two countries for years. many feel relief that they can at last have a chance to move on. >> regaining the impaired reputations of these women, i believe the government should quickly and safely carry out the provisions of this deal. >> many were forced to providing sex for japanese warriors during world war ii. the victims have accepted the apology and offer of $8.3 million in compensation. >> the government has been trying to settle in issue by the end of this year. we'll follow the government's decision. korea was a japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, but many say that this apology brings h

. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has apologize for the second war policies of forcing thousands of women to be sex slaves for soldiers. an issue that has long soured relations. tokyo is paying $8.3 million the to the victims for compensation. victoria gatenby has the story. >> the victims have waited 70 years for an apologize from japan. it finally came from japanese prime minister shoin shinzo abe. >> we have been expressing ourselves and such a position has not been changed. i hope this agreement will serve as a momentum for japan and south korea. >> reporter: it's an issue that strained relations between the two countries for years. so there's relief that they can at last move on. >> in order to restore the dig flit and regain the impaired reputation of the comfort women as well as heal the wounded through agreement, i think it's most important that the japanese government swiftly and faithfully carry out the measures under this deal. >> reporter: historians estimate had a mostly 200,000 women mostly from korea were forced to provide sex in broth elses saibrothels said up by

. >> the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has apologized for the second world war policy forcing thousands of south korean women to become sex slaves. tokyo is paying $8.3 million in compensation to the victims who are still alive. victoria gatenby reports. >> the vims have waite victims 0 years for an apology, finally came from shinzo abe. >> translator: we have been expressing our feelings of remorse and apology on this issue. such position will not be changed. from today japan and south korea will enter into a new era, i hope this will serve as momentum for japan and south korea. >> reporter: it is an issue that has strained relations between the two countries for years, so there's relief that they can at last move on. >> translator: in order to restore the dignity and standing of the considerate women, i think the japanese government should swiftly and carefully undertake the provisions of this deal. >> women forced to provide sex in brothels settle up by japanese soldiers during world war ii. offered $8.3 million in compensation. >> translator: the government has been trying to settle

but most symbolically, the prime minister, shinzo abe has d yourse apologies and remorse. sorry isf the victims, not enough. you can read about that in the korean paper. they talk about how some of the terms or unsatisfied with his agreement. they say that the japanese government is just paying lip itsice and has not admitted legal responsibility. it is simply throwing money at the problem. survivors,one of the we don't want money, they must take legal responsibility. >> victims are in their 80's and 90's anyway. it isory here in france, the holiday season and french people like to eat well, and to drink fryinine wine. but something is changing in the wine world. >> it is going to be turned on saysead, is what the paper today. the wide world is in disarray over a new rule coming out of brussels that will kick in on january 1. allowed to will be plant vineyards anywhere in france and sell wine without indicating a specific geographic place of origin. have worry, you will still domains that are protected, regions that are protected, but there will be a third category on bott

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japan has reached an about wartime sex slaves. shinzo abe made a landmark apology to south korea about women coerced into military brothels in world war ii. the message was delivered in seoul. the japanese government will million -- $8.3 ompensation. base salaries increase by about $73. caps on died. $73 at hyundai. shares are down a 31%. onlines cracking down on lenders by releasing guidelines for peer-to-peer platforms. it is a first for the industry. the banking regular has vowed to cleanse the market. new rules state that the platform should serve as an intermediary. it isomes as pboc says expanding containment of online firms. workers in beijing have been told to cut heating to as low as 14 degrees celsius due to a natural gas shortage, which is resulting in import delays. this has delayed unloading tankers carrying gas. the highest court in the philippines has temporarily stopped senator grace poe from being disqualified as presidential -- in the presidential race. you have questions regarding her citizenship. she renounced her citizenship in e u.s.n1 to live

has reported explosions in homs. a syrian rights group said at least 32 people have died. >>> moving on, the japanese prime minister shinzo abe today apologized for the second world war policy of forcing thousands of korean women to be sex slaves. >> the victims have waited for 70 years for an apology from japan. it finally came from prime minister shinzo abe. >> we have been expressing our feelings of remorse and apology on this issue as a previous government have, and such position will not be changed. from today japan and south korea will enter into a new era. i hope this will serve as a moment for japan and south korea. >> it is an issue that strained the two countries for years. now at last they hav they can move on. >> i think it is most important that the japanese government swiftly and safely carry out the measures under this deal. >> almost 200,000 asian women mostly from korea were forced to providing sex in brothels set up for japanese soldiers during world war ii. he the victims have accepted the apology and $8.3 million in compensation. >> the government has been trying to end this issue by the end of this year. >> korea was a ja

apologize for that mistake. that's it for business news. i'm going to hand it bac to you, james. >> gene, thanks for the update. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has ainstructed his prime minister to visit by the foreign minister. abe is referring to foreign minister toe shehda on thursday. abe and the south korean president had their first meeting last month. president park has been called for the issue to be resolved by the end of this year which marks the 50th anniversary of normalizing bilateral ties. relations between the countries have showed signs of improvement following a recent court ruling in south korea. some japanese diplomats welcomed a not guilty ruling in the case of a japanese journalist charged with defaming president park. you're watching "newsline." live from our studios here in tokyo. >>> now for weather, deadly storms have claimed lives and property throughout the southern u.s. as jonathan oh tells us in the weather update. >>> well, it it looks like in terms of the messiest of the weather it's something that we'll going to pay attention to as we go through christmas eve. the syste is not over yet in terms of impact. look at

shinzo abe als agreement. >> translator: in a statement that i issued in august to mark 70 years since the end of world war ii, i said japan has repeatedly expressed feelings of remorse and apologized for its actions during the war. i stand behind that statement. >> abe also said he hopes the agreement will usher in a new era for relations between japan and south korea. now people in the region are watching to see if japan and south korea can implement the steps needed to resolve one of their biggest sources of tension. nhk world's shuhei ikehata explains. >> reporter: abe and park both said they wanted to conclude the issue before the new year. 2015 is significant, marking 70 years since the end of world war ii and 50 since the two countries normalized diplomatic ties. abe said he hopes the agreement will be an opportunity for both countries to create a new era of cooperation, and park decided to strike the deal after japan offered financial contributions and abe's pledge to apologize. the agreement does not necessarily reflect all of south korea's demands, including japan taking legal responsibility for the women. but it does represent a big achievement for park as she said she w

shinzo abe also commented on the agreement. >> translator: in a statement that i issued in august to mark 70 years since the end of world war ii, i said, japan has repeatedly expressed feelings of remorse and apologized for its actions during the war. i stand behd that statement. >> abe also said he hopes the agreement will usher in a new era for relations between japan and south korea. >>> differences over history and territory have long been thorny issues for the two countries. here's a look back. >> reporter: relations were good enough in 2002 for the countries to jointly host the fifa world cup tournament. then in 2012 things took a nose dive. south korean president bak made a surprise visit to the tack ch -- takeshima island in the sea of japan. the visit sparked strong opposition. the two countries also disagreed on the issue of those referred to as comfort women. japan maintains that all issues of reparations were settled in 1965 when the two countries normalized relations. but some south koreans continued to call for compensation. statues symbolizing the women were set up, including one in front of the japanese embassy in seoul. the current president, park geun-hye call for japan to address t

the deal includes an apology from japanese prime minister shinzo abe and a more than $8.3 million fund for survivors. in exchange, south korea has agreed not to publicly criticize japan over the issue. survivors have said the deal falls short of their call for japan to admit legal responsibility and pay formal reparations. in other news from japan, officials on the island of okinawa have sued the japanese government in the latest bid to block construction of a new u.s. military base. okinawa authorities say the japanese government illegally overrode governor takeshia onaga's order halting construction earlier this year. okinawa is home to more than half of the 50,000 u.s. troops stationed in japan. for decades, residents have demanded the expulsion of u.s. troops, citing environmental concerns and sexual assaults. on the u.s. campaign trail democratic presidential , contender vermont senator bernie sanders says he thinks he can win over trump supporters. speaking on cbs "face the nation," sanders said trump is misdirecting anger over income inequality and stagnant wages. >> many of trump's supporters are working class people, an