SALE OF GIRLS
JAPANESE CUSTOM BANNED (Rec. 10.45 a.m.) TOKIO, Jan. 24. Ending a centuries-old custom, under which Japanese families sold their daughters into prostitution, General MacArthur ordered the Government to obey the section of the Potsdam Declaration guaranteeing " respect foi fundamental human rights." The Government recently forbade the licensing of houses, but did not forbid the law permitting the sale of girls.
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Evening Star, Issue 25700, 25 January 1946, Page 6
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63SALE OF GIRLS Evening Star, Issue 25700, 25 January 1946, Page 6
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