2014年1月27日，外交部发言人秦刚主持例行记者会。

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang held a press conference on January 27, 2014.

问：日本广播协会（NHK）新任会长籾井胜人近日就“慰安妇”问题发表言论称，“慰安妇”问题二战期间在各国都存在，不应只指责日本。今天，籾井胜人就相关言论表示道歉。中方是否接受其道歉？是否认为他应该辞职？

Q: In his recent remarks on the issue of "comfort women", the new head of Japan's NHK Katsuto Momii said that such issue as "comfort women" was common in all countries during WWII and that Japan should not be singled out for criticism. Today he apologized for these remarks. Does China accept his apology or think he should resign?

答：我们注意到NHK有关负责人的言论。众所周知，强征“慰安妇”是日本军国主义在对外侵略战争中对受害国人民犯下的严重反人道罪行，至今仍对受害者的身心造成严重伤害。日方有关人员的言论反映出在日本一直有一股势力，企图淡化和否认日本军国主义罪行，这与日本领导人开历史倒车的错误行径一脉相承。我们严肃敦促日方以对历史负责、对人类良知负责和尊重人权的态度，正视和反省日本军国主义对外侵略战争中犯下的严重罪行，妥善处理有关历史遗留问题，以实际行动取信于亚洲邻国，取信于国际社会。

A: We have noticed the remarks made by the head of NHK. As is known to all, the forced recruitment of "comfort women" is a grave crime against humanity committed by the Japanese militarism on people from victimized countries during WWII, inflicting severe physical and mental damage on the victims even till this date. The remarks by the relevant person in Japan reflect that there has always been a force in Japan that attempts to downplay and deny the crimes of the militaristic Japan, which echoes the Japanese leaders' erroneous action of setting backing the wheel of history. We solemnly urge the Japanese side to adopt the attitude of being responsible for history and the conscience of the mankind and respecting human rights, face up to and reflect upon the severe crimes the Japanese militarism committed in its history of aggression and properly handle relevant issues left over from history so as to win the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community with concrete actions.