Japan seeks to avoid the international issue of comfort women in the Philippines and other countries, including China, Taiwan, and South Korea through the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) as economic assistance. This was the response of Lila Filipina's Sharon Cabusao on the question  during the recent online forum organized by the Geneva Graduate Institute on the reasons behind the removals of the statues of comfort women. The two-meter high 'Lola' statue was  installed in December 2017 along Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard in Manila.

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