A special exhibition on the theme of art and democracy was held in southern Germany, and a statue of a girl symbolizing the comfort women issue is also on display.
The local Consul General of Japan has said that it is "incompatible with the position of the Japanese government" and will seek understanding toward the removal of the statue.
A total of nine artists from Germany, South Korea, and Japan are exhibiting at a special exhibition on the theme of art and democracy, which has been held since this month in Munich, southern Germany.
As part of the special exhibition, on the 21st, an exhibition of a girl statue symbolizing the comfort women issue began at a private gallery.
The statue of a girl is scheduled to be exhibited until September 15th, and the organizer of the exhibition "questions universal questions about the inheritance of past memories and democracy, and sheds light on the role that art plays." I have commented.
On the other hand, the Consul General of Japan in Munich said that it was "incompatible with the position of the Japanese government" and will continue to explain to the people concerned toward the removal of the statue and seek their understanding.
In Germany, a statue of a girl was set up on a public land in the capital Berlin last September, and since April this year it has been exhibited at a public museum in eastern Dresden.