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was unveiled on July 26 with little fanfare. The set of two statues depicts a girl sitting on a bench and, in front of her, a man on his knees bowing deeply to the ground. But what happened next reopened an unhealed rift between the countries.Some observers claimed the male figure resembled Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The speculation began on social media, but it soon spread to mainstream news media in South Korea, and then to Japan.Major Japanese news networks, such as Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, and Yomiuri Shimbun, dubbed the statues the Apologizing Abe Statue." Asahi reported that the statues signaled South Korea’s intention to "reignite a furor with Japan" over wartime issues.A screenshot of the media web pages in Japan with publications about the statues of ""comfort women"" in S. Korea.Tensions heightened further when Japanese government officials intruded. On July 28
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