Japan halts exhibit of South Korea’s ‘comfort women’ statue

TOKYO, Japan --- A Japanese exhibition featuring a controversial South Korean artwork depicting a wartime sex slave has been cancelled after threats of violence as bilateral ties between the countries fray. The cancellation comes as relations between Tokyo and Seoul are soured by bitter disputes over territory and history stemming from Tokyo's colonial rule over the peninsula in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition, which was part of a major art festival in Aichi, central Japan, was shut down on Saturday after just three days. Titled "After Freedom of Expression?", the event was dedicated to showing works that were censored elsewhere and was originally schedule...

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