日韓就解決慰安婦問題達成協議
Japan and South Korea have agreed to settle the issue of wartime “comfort women” in a landmark deal that could transform ties between the neighbours and reshape the diplomatic map of East Asia.
日本和韓國已就解決戰時“慰安婦”問題達成協議，這一里程碑式的協議可能會徹底改變這兩個鄰國之間的關係、重塑東亞外交版圖。
Under the accord, Japan will pay $8.3m into a fund for surviving victims, based on “painful awareness” of its responsibilities for the system of forced prostitution during the second world war.
根據協議，日本將向一支爲依然健在的受害者設立的基金出資830萬美元，理由是日方“痛苦地意識到”要爲二戰期間的強制賣淫制度負責。
If the deal sticks, it promises the “final and irrevocable” settlement of an issue that has scarred relations between the two main US allies in East Asia and has provided an effective diplomatic tool to China.
如果這一協議得到確立，有可能會“最終且不可逆轉地”解決慰安婦問題。該問題爲美國在東亞的兩個主要盟友之間的關係留下了傷痕，併爲中國提供了一個有效的外交工具。
Fumio Kishida, Japanese foreign minister, hailed the deal as “historic and epoch-making” — but some former comfort women in South Korea rejected it because Japan acknowledged no legal liability.
日本外相岸田文雄Fumio Kishida)稱讚該協議具有“歷史性的和劃時代的”意義，但部分前韓國慰安婦拒絕接受該協議，因爲日本不承認負有法律責任。
