The group, the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, said that Tokyo must honor international calls to offer clear-cut apologies and reparations for the women.
Mr Rumsfeld offered a clear apology, as did the military men seated with him.
Mr. Ravi, 20, issued a statement late Tuesday to offer his first clear apology for his crimes, saying, "I accept responsibility for and regret my thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices".
The announcement came after the South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, said that the anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts would continue unless there was a clear apology for the recent landmine blast in the Demilitarised Zone which had injured two soldiers.
But Downing Street will have been impressed by the way in which Spelman managed to win over Tory MPs today and answer Labour's criticisms with an open and clear apology.
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BRUSSELS -- The day after the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium responded to its crisis over sexual abuse, a senior bishop said the church had not made a clear apology because it feared opening the door to a flood of claims for financial compensation.
But I live in a foreign country, so there's plenty of times I go: 'I'm sorry, I didn't know that.' "It was clear to me there was a very quick response, a very clear apology and I think that's all you can do.
Hormel has said the former senator's remarks seemed politically timed but accepted them as a "clear apology".
He delivered to the generals a list of five demands -- including that the violence stop immediately, and that the army issue a clear apology to the nation -- and was assured that the SCAF would comply.
