During World War II, the Japanese imperial authorities abducted, coerced, tricked and sometimes recruited hundreds of ...

The statue, which commemorates the "comfort women" of World War II, has embroiled the local government in a minor diplomatic controversy. A South Korean court's recent ruling is likely to further ...

This article explores how social media distorts public perception of the comfort women issue, contrasts it with the depth ...

120: Amenities in the Japanese Armed Forces ... “Legacies of the Comfort Women of World War II.” “I am, of course, proud of the crucial role that my own ‘Revelation’ of the contents ...

South Korean activists estimate that up to 200,000 women were forced to work in brothels for WW2 ... deal with Japan was reached without consultation with the survivors - known as "comfort women ...

SHANGHAI -- A 95-year-old survivor of the Japanese army's "comfort women" system during World War II, passed away on Saturday in Central China's Hunan province, leaving only eight registered ...

8 ordering the Japanese government to pay damages to 12 former “comfort women” for wartime ... is that all compensation claims from World War II were settled by a 1965 bilateral agreement ...

An appellate court in South Korea last month ordered Japan to compensate the 16 “comfort women,” overturning a lower court ruling that had dismissed the case. Appeals must be filed within two ...

However it was criticised by victims as being insufficient. Japan has minimised the topic of comfort women in its post-WW2 narrative, says Professor Mary McCarthy of Drake University, who ...

she is also pushing for more efforts to recognize the plight of comfort women victimized by the Japanese occupation during World War II. • 'Time's running out': Gov't urged to speed up ...