Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on South Korea to remove a statue of a comfort woman which has reignited a diplomatic row over Tokyo's wartime sex slavery.<br/><br/>During a programme aired on public broadcaster NHK, Mr Abe said, Japan has already paid 8.6 million dollars. He said, Japan has sincerely fulfilled its obligation and now its South Korea's turn to show sincerity in an unwavering manner.<br/><br/>Japan argues it is against a 2015 agreement between the neighbours meant to put an end to the hugely emotional and decades-long comfort women issue with a Japanese apology and payment of money.<br/><br/>Tensions spiked on Friday when Tokyo recalled its ambassador over the statue which was placed outside its consulate in Busan last month, symbolising women forced to work in Japanese military brothels mostly during World War II.<br/><br/>According to Mainstream historians up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea but also other parts of Asia including China, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II.