A group of South Korean lawmakers have visited a monument in the U.S. state of New Jersey that was established in memory of Asian women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War Two.

Four lawmakers, including ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker Kim Chung-hwan and Liberty Forward Party legislator Lee Myoung-soo, visited Palisades Park in New Jersey on Wednesday and laid flowers on the stone monument.

The lawmakers then met with Palisades Park Mayor James Rotundo and thanked him for rejecting Japan's request to have the monument removed, stressing that would be unjust.

Japanese legislators who recently visited Palisades Park requested that the two-year old monument be removed, saying the writing on its face differs with the truth.