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■Glendale unveils 'comfort woman' statue opposed by some Japanese：
GLENDALE, California--With police on guard against protesters, a statue of a “comfort woman,” a euphemism for those who provided sex to Japanese soldiers during World War II, was unveiled at a a ceremony on July 30 in Glendale's Central Park.
On July 9, the Glendale City Council decided to erect the statue, which was dedicated to all war victims. Some Japanese and Japanese-American residents strongly opposed the statue and called for protests, claiming that the former Japanese military was not the only one that used such women and asked why the statue was erected now.
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