The statues are meant to pay tribute to "comfort women" -- women in occupied countries who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels, during World War II. SEE ALSO: Japan's prime minister ...
recognises those who kept the Sunderland shipyards running while men fought in World War Two. Education Secretary and minister for women Bridget Phillipson cut the ribbon to reveal the statue ...
The locations of existing statues of women have also been the subject ... Johnson died during World War Two when the RAF plane she was transporting crashed into the Thames Estuary.