As the number of surviving comfort women decreases, various projects are ongoing to continue their legacies. Various Asian countries have created TV documentaries and historical book to show what realities comfort women faced. Moreover, China has created its first comfort…
With the age of the Comfort Women victims reaching the 90s, many died and only a few Chinese and South Korean victims are left. These victims criticize stalled reparations from Japan and say that apologies must go beyond silence money…
New school textbook in Japan have replaced terms like “forcibly mobilized” with “participated” and reaffirmed Japanese sovereignty over Dokdo. This changes symbolize right wing political pressure, which downplayed Japanese military’s role in mass suicides and comfort women that betrayed South…
South Korea and Japan restored diplomatic channels between both countries’ leaders since its closure 12 years ago. While the meeting bolstered stronger cooperation, historical issues like comfort women or militaristic issues like 2018 radar lock-on incident still hinder further ties.…
17 Japanese firms face South Korean wartime damages suit (Asahi Shimbun) ‘Girl of Peace statue’ to remain intact in central in Berlin (Dong-A Ilbo) Japanese Academia and Civic Groups Issue Statement Criticizing Ramseyer’s Paper (Dong-A Ilbo) 19-Year-Old Detained for Posting…
Forced Labor: The Japan Times: South Korean leader says Seoul ‘always ready to sit down’ with Tokyo Dong-A Ilbo: “Japanese media: Moon’s speech lacks concrete proposals for bilateral cooperation” Asahi Shimbun: “Moon: South Korea, Japan must look to future to…
Asahi Shimbun: A Seoul court will reopen proceedings in a lawsuit by former “comfort women” seeking a combined 3 billion won (280 million yen, or $2.7 million) from the Japanese government in compensation for their ordeal. Asahi Shimbun: A South…
“The council of Mitte Ward in Berlin, Germany adopted a resolution demanding the withdrawal of order to remove the Young Girl’s Statue for Peace in the ward. As a result, chances are high that the statue will be kept at…
Japan Times: “Nothing makes for a sales hook like an anniversary. And as this year marks 75 years since the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the English books market responded with nearly a dozen histories, treatises,…
Coverage over the recent unveiling of a statue commemorating ‘comfort women’ in Berlin: DW Akademie: “A Korean citizens’ group is aiming to raise awareness of women forced to work in military brothels with a new memorial. But Japan has said…
“Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday praised the former Japanese government official who issued a landmark apology over the wartime sexual slavery of Asian women, hailing his “bravery” in facing history. Li greeted a trade delegation led by Yohei Kono, who…
The Korean government will “give teaching materials on sexual slavery instigated by the Japanese military during World War II to elementary, middle and high school teachers this month. Theses materials will help students better understand the sex slavery issue and…
“Manabisha, a Tokyo-based publishing company, will publish a middle-school history textbook for the first time that will include a passage about so-called comfort women, something that no other textbook currently in use mentions. The book was approved by the education…
“The head of a history think-tank has criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for referring to women forced by his nation’s military into sexual slavery before and during World War II as victims of “human trafficking.” … “It is absolutely unacceptable…
“The person who invited the three Vietnamese to come to South Korea was Han Hong-gu, the permanent director on the board at the Peace Museum.“Even if only to create an opportunity for Japan to acknowledge and apologize for its wrongdoing,…
“Nancy Pelosi called for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for the Japanese military’s coercion of young Korean and other Asian women into sexual slavery during World War II.”
“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed that he described “comfort women,” mainly Asian females who were forced to provide sex to wartime Japanese soldiers, as victims of “human trafficking” in a recent interview with The Washington Post. The remarks provoked a backlash…
“A judge has issued a tentative ruling in support of the City of Glendale, which has been sued for placing a “comfort women” monument in Central Park.”
“Corralled in an empty room, visitors observe a moment of silence before being guided through four areas with the themes memory, remembrance, healing and recording.”
“A Maryland state Senate joint resolution honoring the “comfort women” in Asia and Pacific Islands during World War II was adopted on Tuesday. The Senate Joint Resolution 3 stated that “the government of Japan, during its colonial and wartime occupation of…
“The sound of clay pots smashing against a stone floor shattered the cold spring morning. Zhang Xiantu woke. Japanese soldiers were in her home, breaking bowls as they searched for food. Zhang, 16 and just married, tried to run. But…
‘Comfort women’ issue a controversy in Canada too: “Tina Rafferty, a Japanese-Canadian resident, spoke with the NOW about the statue. ‘This proposal is against the Canadian tradition of multiculturalism,’ she said. ‘This is a country where people come from all…
“South Korea and Japan were to hold talks on Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II on Monday as the two historical rivals make efforts to improve their strained ties in a landmark year, Seoul’s foreign ministry…
“Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has never used the word “apology” on the issue of the country’s sexual enslavement of women during World War II and is unlikely to do so in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the…