Japan, led by less apologetic generation, stays tough in S.Korea feud

TOKYO — When Yohei Kono made a landmark 1993 apology to “comfort women,” many of them Koreans, forced to work in wartime military brothels, Japan’s then chief cabinet secretary spoke for a moderate conservative mainstream seeking to reconcile with Asian neighbors. A quarter century later, Kono’s son, Taro, now foreign minister, is on the front […]