The official US reaction described the was comments as "offensive and deeply disappointing".
The trigger was comments made to The Guardian newspaper by Russia's Gazprom that it wanted to buy a local energy supplier such as Centrica, owner of British Gas.
In addition, Huynh was comments editor for the Asian Pacific American Law Journal, volunteered at the Sunday Clinic, and clerked for the Working People's Law Center in downtown Los Angeles.
One catalyst in the market today, according to Bloomberg, was comments by Saudi Arabia's oil minister, Ali Al-Naimi, who suggested there was no need to cut production, and that the oil market will naturally correct.
On Friday, Ms. Kim and Ms. Kil, the two former comfort women, said in a statement from Osaka that it was comments like that by Mr. Hashimoto that led them to cancel the meeting, which was supposed to take place later in the day.
One of the initial triggers was comments by Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, who suggested in remarks to traders in Frankfurt that European interest rates would not be rising until later this year — later than many had anticipated.
