Kishi's defence counsel had argued that an article in Japan's penal code, which prohibits the sale and distribution of obscene literature, violated the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression. South Korean politicians and media blasted Nakayama, who caused a stir last November by praising history textbooks that played down what he termed "excessive descriptions" of Japanese wartime wrongdoing Eminent academics and critics had testified that it was not a matter for the state to judge obscenity and restricting expression was unconstitutional.

In a bid to narrow the gap over history, the two governments launched a joint study four years ago, but a report on its results issued on Friday showed the two sides were sharply at odds on many subjects, including the sex slaves issue. Kishi immediately appealed in the Tokyo High Court.如果您打算在多篇條目使用該文件，請在這裡列出其中一個；上傳文件後，打開圖像描述頁面進行編輯，手動為每篇使用文件的條目添加個別說明