Osaka to snap sister-city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue

TOKYO - The mayor of Japan's second city of Osaka said on Friday he would end sister-city relations with San Francisco after the US city decided to accept a donated memorial to wartime sex slaves.

Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said trust between the two, which have been "sister" cities for 60 years, had been "completely destroyed "by the incident.

"The sister-city relationship with San Francisco will be terminated," Yoshimura said.