Seijuro Arafune
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Seijuro Arafune (荒舩清十郎, Arafune Seijūrō, March 9, 1907 - November 25, 1980) was a Japanese politician and a Minister of Transport. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. Arafune resigned the Minister of Transport by the alleged abuse of power in 1966. Among these was requiring a National Railway express train to make regular stops at a station located in his own parliamentary constituency.[1]
Seijuro Arafune 荒舩 清十郎 | |
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Born | (1907-03-09)March 9, 1907 |
Died | November 25, 1980(1980-11-25) (aged 73) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Politician, Cabinet Minister |
Among his most controversial actions was making a now discredited claim about the death toll of comfort women. This statement has been widely spread, with many books writing that "142,000 (or 145,000) Korean comfort women were killed by the Japanese army" or "Only about 25 per cent of Comfort women have survived".[2]