| 单词 | comfort woman |
| 例句 | “They see the subject of comfort women as a history of shame.” From Cho Junglae, a Film on Japanese Wartime Brothels 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z If you’ve followed any of the headlines emerging about the “comfort women” in the past weeks—or months, or years, or decades—you probably have some questions. A guide to the literature of Japan’s “comfort women”: Comfort station survivors tell their stories 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Still, the story of the comfort women and the issue’s legacy today is worth your interest. A guide to the literature of Japan’s “comfort women”: Comfort station survivors tell their stories 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The collection, which springs from McCray’s experience as the son of a Vietnam veteran and a Korean “comfort woman,” is deeply moving and original. Rita Dove’s essential new ‘Collected Poems: 1974-2004’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Not many of the “comfort women” survived the war, but those who did reached an average age of 90. A Debut Poet Confronts the Sexual Violence of an Earlier Generation 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z In it, Maria Rosa Henson tells the story of her life in the Philippines and her internment as a comfort woman. A guide to the literature of Japan’s “comfort women”: Comfort station survivors tell their stories 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The post speculated that the start-up must have “taken its inspiration from an unlikely source: the ‘comfort women’ of World War II.” Is this dating start-up sexist? 2014-03-05T00:00:00Z “Hung Liu’s works explore difficult issues like wartime ‘comfort women’ and the Sichuan earthquake.” Female Factor: Bringing a Woman's Touch to Chinese Art Scene 2011-01-20T12:30:05Z If the film is finished, it will be one of few movies about comfort women. From Cho Junglae, a Film on Japanese Wartime Brothels 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z From the researched to the riveting, here’s a glimpse into the long overlooked literature of the comfort women. A guide to the literature of Japan’s “comfort women”: Comfort station survivors tell their stories 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z But some techniques used by birth workers to calm and comfort women during labor, like hand-holding and eye contact, are impossible to translate. 'A lifeline': the doulas guiding clients through childbirth – from a distance 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Behind the Japanese Embassy stands a statue of a “comfort woman.” One year after South Korean Halloween tragedy, wounds remain raw, accusations fly 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The term “comfort women,” which was used in the title of Park’s book, is an euphemism for the sex slaves. South Korean scholar acquitted of defaming sexual slavery victims during Japan colonial rule 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Many other Filipina comfort women suffered discrimination in their communities and within their own families. Comfort women: Last of Japan's WW2 sex slaves sing 'forget us not' 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z A semi-government fund set up by Tokyo offered compensation to former “comfort women” when the government apologized in 1995, but many South Koreans believe the Japanese government should take more direct responsibility for the occupation. Finance ministers of Japan and South Korea agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In 2017, the National Historical Commission erected a bronze statue on the Manila waterfront to honor “comfort women,” the euphemism for those forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese troops. This city was ravaged in WWII. Why do few remember the suffering and sacrifice? 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The last known Taiwanese "comfort woman" from World War Two has died aged 92, says a Taipei anti-sex trafficking group. 'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The nature and scope of the crimes against these “comfort women” remain controversial long after the war. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “You just don’t hear about ‘comfort women’ – who existed in Southeast Asia – the way you do in Korea.” Once-cautious Japan steps out as key U.S. security partner in region 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Tokyo, already irked after the Moon administration unilaterally nixed an earlier bilateral deal on “comfort women,” insisted the issue had been dealt with in an earlier reparations package negotiated in 1965. Japanese, Korean leaders move to mend frayed ties at Tokyo summit 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z A semi-government fund offered compensation to former “comfort women” when the government apologized in 1995, but many South Koreans believe that the Japanese government must take more direct responsibility for the occupation. Japan, S. Korea summit must overcome history to renew ties 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z "We will continue to keep records of the comfort women and hope the truth about the sexual violence does not disappear with their deaths," the foundation said in a statement. 'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Though most surviving comfort women accepted the deal, the Moon administration froze the fund due to the opposition of a small, but vocal group of victims, angering Abe. South Korea reveals plan to heal long rift with Tokyo over forced labor 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In 2015, a deal was penned to resolve the comfort women issue with a Japanese apology and the formation of a billion-yen fund for survivors. South Korea to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labour 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z “Why the hell is a Japanese employee hired in this place for comfort women?” read a banner hung on the wall of a House of Sharing building where Mr. Yajima worked. Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’ 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Japan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry now says its government has found no documents showing the use of coercion in the recruitment of the so-called “comfort women” and refuses to describe the system as sexual slavery. South Korean slavery victim seeks U.N. justice as time runs out 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z This came two years after Taiwan opened a museum dedicated to "comfort women" in the capital Taipei. 'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z As foreign minister, Kishida helped broker a historic agreement with Seoul in 2015 over the issue of “comfort women,” those forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military during World War II. Under new, conservative president, South Korea is poised to adopt a more hawkish foreign policy 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Fighting disease, death and disillusionment, members of South Korea’s rapidly dwindling sisterhood of surviving "comfort women" say they are facing the twilight of their lives with diminished camaraderie and will to wage political battles. S.Korea's few surviving 'comfort women' face life's end as political fight rages on 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z In its 366-page report, viewed by The New York Times, the panel said the House of Sharing had “mobilized” its comfort women for fund-raising events while it denied them personal outings. Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’ 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Lee Yong-soo, a “comfort women” victim and one of the plaintiffs, called the ruling “absurd, nonsense,” saying she would seek international litigation over the case. South Korea court dismisses 'comfort women' lawsuit, contradicts earlier ruling 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Thousands of "comfort women" were drawn from Korea, and the issue has long driven a political wedge between Tokyo and Seoul. 'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z A Harvard professor’s claim about ‘comfort women’ is false and dangerous, critics say. Georgetown Law professor terminated after ‘reprehensible’ comments about Black students 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z A United Nations report from 1996 concluded that the comfort women were sex slaves taken through "violence and outright coercion." Harvard professor ignites uproar over 'comfort women' claims 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z “We are correcting problems we have found and working hard to take the best care of the comfort women until the last of them dies,” he said. Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’ 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z “Paying money to an ally in order to rebuild a stable relationship is fine. But the claims about enslaved Korean comfort women are historically untrue.” Harvard professor ignites uproar over ‘comfort women’ claims 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z He told the Japanese parliament: "There was no document found that the comfort women were forcibly taken away". 'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z “Claims about enslaved Korean comfort women are historically untrue,” he wrote in Japan Forward, an English-language website affiliated with a right-wing Japanese newspaper, last month. A Harvard professor called wartime sex slaves ‘prostitutes.’ One pushed back. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z "Paying money to an ally in order to rebuild a stable relationship is fine. But the claims about enslaved Korean comfort women are historically untrue." Harvard professor ignites uproar over 'comfort women' claims 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z At the center of the compound was a two-story building where four of South Korea’s 11 surviving comfort women were spending their final days. Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’ 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Decades of research has explored the abuses inflicted on comfort women from Korea and other nations previously occupied by Japan. Harvard professor ignites uproar over ‘comfort women’ claims 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Japan has minimised the topic of comfort women in its post-WW2 narrative, says Professor Mary McCarthy of Drake University, who specialises in Japan's domestic and foreign policies. 'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The treatment of the euphemistically named “comfort women” remains a major source of tension between South Korea and Japan. In blessing annexation, Trump erodes an international norm 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The treatment of the euphemistically named “comfort women” remains a major source of tension between South Korea and Japan. In blessing annexation, Trump erodes an international norm 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “Collecting donations with a promise to use them for the comfort women, their welfare and their activities but not using the money for them is an act of defrauding the people,” it said. Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’ 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z A United Nations report from 1996 concluded that the comfort women were sex slaves taken through “violence and outright coercion.” Harvard professor ignites uproar over ‘comfort women’ claims 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Known euphemistically as "comfort women", they were forced into sexual slavery. Should this flag be banned at the Olympics? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The dispatches from Japanese diplomatic missions in China include requests to the foreign ministry in Tokyo to provide “comfort women”, Kyodo news agency reported. Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It says “at least 500 comfort women must be concentrated here by the end of April” for Japanese soldiers. Kyodo: Historical documents show Japan’s role in sex slaves 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Many of these victims, known as "comfort women", were Korean. S Korea to stay in intelligence pact with Japan 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Ramseyer repeated his claims about comfort women in a submission to a Japanese news site in January. Harvard professor ignites uproar over ‘comfort women’ claims 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Reminders of Japan’s rule are inflammatory for both sides, but the issue of “comfort women” is particularly contentious. Explainer: History, islets and rulings behind tension between S.Korea and Japan 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Another dispatch, from the consul general of Jinan in the same province, says that “at least 500 comfort women must be concentrated here” to provide sexual services to advancing soldiers, Kyodo added. Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Earlier this year an exhibition on the issue of "comfort women" was forced to close for two months after it was threatened with arson. 'Comfort women' film to be shown in Japan amid row 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The issue of "comfort women" remains a sensitive one. S Korea to stay in intelligence pact with Japan 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “There was no intention to touch on the issue of comfort women or South Korea-Japan dispute,” a Uniqlo official in Seoul told Reuters, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation. Uniqlo ad sparks protest, parody as South Korea-Japan dispute flares 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Tokyo wants Seoul to remove a statue near the Japanese embassy in Seoul commemorating the comfort women, and another next to the Japanese consulate in Busan. Explainer: History, islets and rulings behind tension between S.Korea and Japan 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z In 2015 Japan and South Korea agreed to “finally and irreversibly” resolve the comfort women issue. Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Vandals have once again hit the Korea comfort women monument in Glendale. Newsletter: Power, money, race and injustice in West Hollywood. The Ed Buck story 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Last month, organizers of an international art fair in Nagoya closed an exhibition after receiving terrorist threats over a statue symbolizing one of the Korean comfort women. A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “They weren’t taking that much notice before because they were ‘only Asian comfort women.’ Jan Ruff-O’Herne, seeker of dignity for fellow ‘comfort women’ of World War II, dies at 96 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Some comfort women victims continue a weekly protest in front of the embassy. Explainer: History, islets and rulings behind tension between S.Korea and Japan 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Japan insists that all compensation claims related to the comfort women and forced labourers were settled by a 1965 bilateral peace treaty. Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Many of the victims, known as "comfort women", were Korean. Why South Korea and Japan have fallen out 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In 2015, a court ordered a South Korean scholar to redact numerous passages from a book that suggested that the relationship between soldiers and the comfort women was more complex. A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z For years she sought greater recognition for the “comfort women,” a matter that, along with demands for an official apology and reparations, continues to complicate relations between Japan and South Korea in particular. Jan Ruff-O’Herne, seeker of dignity for fellow ‘comfort women’ of World War II, dies at 96 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Last year, the mayor of Osaka, Hirofumi Yoshimura, ended his city’s longstanding sister city relationship with San Francisco to protest a monument there representing comfort women from Korea, China and the Philippines. The Exhibit Lauded Freedom of Expression. It Was Silenced. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Two statues honoring comfort women were taken down in the past year. ‘I’ll keep fighting’: Philippine women keep alive memory of sex slave horrors during World War II 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Since 1992, activists for the comfort women have rallied every Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul, demanding an apology and reparations for the few dozen Korean comfort women left alive. Why South Korea and Japan have fallen out 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In the movie, he concludes that to remember the comfort women is to fight “against racism, sexism and fascism.” A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Former U.S. president Barack Obama played an important role in mending ties between the two countries earlier in the decade, arranging a trilateral summit in 2014 and brokering the comfort women agreement the following year. Japan-South Korea ties ‘worst in five decades’ as U.S. leaves alliance untended 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Kim was one of thousands of so-called "comfort women" rounded up by the Japanese army and forced to work as sex slaves for years on end. The sex slave who refused to be silenced 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Despite protest from Japan, South Korea holds memorial for ‘comfort women’ ‘I’ll keep fighting’: Philippine women keep alive memory of sex slave horrors during World War II 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z A group of conservative activists, who argue the “comfort women” issue should be set aside to foster better ties with Japan, appeared at the embassy with South Korean flags. South Koreans march with coffin in 'comfort women' protest at Japan... 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Many of the most vocal right-wing critics of the mainstream view of comfort women are older Japanese, but a younger cadre of social-media-savvy activists regularly pounce on those who describe the women as sex slaves. A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Such terms are social flashpoints in Japan and a topic of bitter dispute with South Korea, whose government argues comfort women were clear victims of wartime abuse. Fear and favor chill newsroom at storied Japanese paper 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z And then Kim Hak-sun came forward, sharing her own story of being imprisoned as a "comfort woman" by the Japanese in China - the first South Korean victim to break her silence so publicly. The sex slave who refused to be silenced 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z The newspaper said it would instead use the more ambiguous wording “so-called comfort women”. 'Comfort women': anger as Japan paper alters description of WWII terms 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The “comfort women” are a contentious issue between the two Asian neighbors which share a bitter history stemming from Japan’s 1910-45 colonization of the Korean peninsula. South Koreans march with coffin in 'comfort women' protest at Japan... 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Audiences in Japan and South Korea have said the film helped them understand the comfort women controversy in a new way. A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z A South Korean panel late last year concluded a separate 2015 deal between South Korea and Japan failed to meet the needs of former “comfort women”. South Korea's surviving 'comfort women' spend final years seeking... 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The conservatives hold the Asahi newspaper, where Uemura used to work, responsible for spreading the impression that all so-called "comfort women" were coerced. Spat over WWII brothels shows Japan's trouble in facing past 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The conservatives hold the Asahi newspaper where Uemura works responsible for spreading the impression that all of the so-called “comfort women” were coerced. Spat over WWII brothels shows Japan’s trouble facing past 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The conservatives hold the Asahi newspaper where Uemura works responsible for spreading the impression that all of the so-called “comfort women” were coerced. Spat over WWII brothels shows Japan’s trouble facing past 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The South Korean leader’s remarks came a day after he said Seoul didn’t want “diplomatic friction” with Tokyo about the “comfort women” issue, a primary source of disagreement between the countries. Japanese Emperor Emphasizes Peace at His Last War-Memorial Address 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z She and two other former comfort women joined a class action lawsuit against Japan, which prompted the Japanese government to acknowledge its role for the first time. South Korea's surviving 'comfort women' spend final years seeking... 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The comfort women and other wartime issues have often strained relations between Tokyo and Seoul, most recently after a South Korean court ruling on Japan's forced mobilization of Korean laborers during the war. Spat over WWII brothels shows Japan's trouble in facing past 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In March, Moon described Japan’s wartime use of comfort women as “crimes against humanity”, with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga calling Moon’s remarks “extremely regrettable.” South Korea marks first 'comfort women' day, joined by protestors... 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z An email request for comment sent to Mr. Lowe at the foundation, which publicizes the Japanese military’s use of “comfort women” during World War II, was not returned. China targeted Dianne Feinstein staff member 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The issue of “comfort women” has proved a problem in the Philippines’ relations with Tokyo. World Digest: April 29, 2018 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, Japan created a public-private fund to distribute compensation to “comfort women” survivors throughout Asia, which ended in 2007. South Korea's surviving 'comfort women' spend final years seeking... 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The Korean "comfort women" will now receive millions and become the highest paid call girls in history. Japan Fears Being Left Behind by Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z A bronze statue symbolizing comfort women was also unveiled in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan on Tuesday morning, according to Taiwan’s leading newspaper United Daily News. South Korea marks first 'comfort women' day, joined by protestors... 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z It overtook "Twenty Two," a documentary about China's surviving "comfort women" during World War II, to become the country's highest grossing domestic documentary. 'Black Panther' has solid debut in China on its way to $1 billion in global ticket sales 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “To resolve the comfort women issue, the Japanese Government, the perpetrator, should not say the matter is closed,” Moon said. South Korean president lashes Japan over wartime use of 'comfort... 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The countries signed an agreement in 2015 to resolve the comfort women dispute, but after the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, was elected last fall, he pledged to review the deal. Goals on the Ice and Politics in the Air as Japan Beats Unified Korean Team 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The Korean comfort women who have been comforting US soldiers are now asking for money. Japan Fears Being Left Behind by Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “The issue of the comfort women, the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, is one of the many atrocities that occurred during that period. Few Koreans would agree with what Ramo said of Japan.” NBC apologizes after praise for Japan's 'example' angers Koreans 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Historians say as many as 200,000 women in occupied countries were coerced by the Japanese Imperial Army to work as sex slaves, euphemistically known as “comfort women.” The Japanese and South Korean leaders will meet next week, and it promises to be tense 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “To resolve the comfort women issue, the Japanese Government, the perpetrator, should not say the matter is closed,” Moon said. South Korean president lashes Japan over wartime use of 'comfort... 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z There was speculation Abe might not attend over disagreement on a 2015 deal on the so-called comfort woman issue between Japan and South Korea. Japanese PM Abe to attend opening ceremony in Pyeongchang 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Abe said on Wednesday he would meet Mr. Moon while in South Korea and “firmly convey Japan’s position over the ‘comfort women’ agreement,” using a euphemism for the Korean women. Japan’s Shinzo Abe to Visit South Korea During Winter Olympics 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In December young South Korean and Japanese students met in Seoul to discuss “the difference in ways of thinking” about comfort women, says Kaho Okada, a Japanese participant. Despite diplomatic rows, Japan and South Korea are growing closer 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z When the deal was reached, there were still 46 comfort women in South Korea. The Japanese and South Korean leaders will meet next week, and it promises to be tense 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The treatment of the women, known euphemistically as “comfort women,” is one of the most painful legacies of Japan’s occupation of Korea from 1910 to the end of World War II in 1945. South Korea Says It Won’t Scrap Sex Slaves Accord With Japan 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z An agreement two years ago was intended to formally settle the dispute between the governments of Japan and South Korea, where the bulk of the “comfort women” came from. Dispute flares anew between Japan and South Korea over World War II sex slaves 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The task-force report found that the government failed to consult with the surviving comfort women before completing the deal. South Korea Renews Tensions With Japan Over Forced Wartime Sex Work 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z South Korea in turn said it would look into removing the statues symbolising comfort women set up by activists outside Japan's embassy in Seoul and consulate in Busan. Japan WW2 sex slave deal 'ignored victims' 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Japan has been angered that South Korean civil society groups have put up more statues to the comfort women, including one outside the Japanese Consulate in Busan, South Korea, and another in San Francisco. The Japanese and South Korean leaders will meet next week, and it promises to be tense 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z In 2015, Japan and South Korea agreed the issue of “comfort women” would be “irreversibly resolved” if both sides fulfilled their obligations, including a Japanese apology and a fund to help victims. Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z South Korea’s foreign minister at the time, Yun Byung-se, said full implementation of the accord’s terms would represent a final resolution of the “comfort women” dispute. Dispute flares anew between Japan and South Korea over World War II sex slaves 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z At that time there were more than 40 acknowledged former comfort women alive, many of whom were in their 80’s and 90’s. South Korea Renews Tensions With Japan Over Forced Wartime Sex Work 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The majority of the comfort women were from Korea, while others were from China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan. Japan WW2 sex slave deal 'ignored victims' 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z And among the guests for the state dinner was Lee Yong-soo, a former "comfort woman" or wartime sex slave for Japanese soldiers - a contentious issue between South Korea and Japan. The hidden messages in Trump's Asian menu 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “Erecting comfort women statues in the United States and other countries is in conflict with our country’s stance and extremely regrettable,” Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference on Friday. Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The pain behind the euphemism — ianfu, or “comfort women” — has reverberated for more than 70 years. Dispute flares anew between Japan and South Korea over World War II sex slaves 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z An account of how the deal was forged, provided by senior diplomats from both countries, shows how there was little time for consultations with the surviving comfort women, putting the agreement on weak footing. South Korea Renews Tensions With Japan Over Forced Wartime Sex Work 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z But the biggest obstacle to fully implementing the agreement is a Japanese demand that the South Korean government order the removal of comfort women statues across the country. Buses in Seoul install 'comfort women' statues to honour former sex slaves 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Thousands of Koreans died in Hiroshima: the men were forcibly conscripted and the women performed the duties of “comfort women”. Life after the bomb: exploring the psychogeography of Hiroshima 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z “Erecting comfort women statues in the United States and other countries is in conflict with our country’s stance and extremely regrettable,” Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference on Friday. Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Even while apologizing for the suffering of the “comfort women,” the Japanese leader has said the issue should not “drag on into the next generation,” suggesting little appetite for future expressions of remorse. Dispute flares anew between Japan and South Korea over World War II sex slaves 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The issue though continues to plague ties, most recently when Japan temporarily withdrew its ambassador to South Korea over a "comfort women" statue placed outside the Japanese consulate in Busan. 'Comfort women': Researchers claim first known video - BBC News 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Japan is particularly concerned about the “comfort women” issue, a legacy of Japanese atrocities during the war that still haunts relations between the two sides. Moon’s rise to power in S Korea causes worries, hopes abroad 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z In the 2015 agreement, Japan apologized and promised to pay $8.3 million into a fund for surviving comfort women in South Korea. Japan Envoy, Recalled Over ‘Comfort Woman’ Statue, Is Returning to Seoul 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In January, Japan temporarily recalled its ambassador to South Korea over a “comfort women” statue put up near its consulate in the southern city of Busan. Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z As many as 200,000 women from Korea and other countries were reportedly coerced into becoming comfort women. Supreme Court declines case over Glendale's controversial 'comfort women' statue 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z As United Nations secretary general, he praised the deeply unpopular agreement Ms. Park struck with Japan to end a dispute over “comfort women,” or Korean sex slaves for Japan’s World War II army. Skepticism and Support in South Korea as Ban Ki-moon Weighs Presidential Bid 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The two countries are also at odds over a “comfort woman” statue that was built outside the Japanese consulate in the southern South Korean city of Busan after the agreement was signed. Moon’s rise to power in S Korea causes worries, hopes abroad 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z A “comfort women” statue is currently the hottest button between Japan and South Korea. Crossing red lines: What's annoying Asian nations most? 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z In 2015, Japan and South Korea agreed the issue of “comfort women” would be “irreversibly resolved” if both sides fulfilled their obligations, including a Japanese apology and a fund to help victims. Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The issue of "comfort women" is another sensitive subject in China as well as South Korea, where it currently is the subject of a row with Japan. Japan hotelier's Nanjing massacre denial angers China - BBC News 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z When journalists recently dogged him with hard questions and then wrote articles that accused him of being double-faced over the comfort women issue, he called them names. Skepticism and Support in South Korea as Ban Ki-moon Weighs Presidential Bid 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The settlement included a cash payment for the dwindling number of victims, who are often described using Japan’s favored euphemism, “comfort women,” but there was no clear language about the statue. Unending vigil for S. Koreans camped near sex-slave statue 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Japan says there is no official record of the number of comfort women. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In January, Japan temporarily recalled its ambassador to South Korea over a “comfort women” statue put up near its consulate in the southern city of Busan. Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z THE sudden deal struck in late 2015 by the leaders of South Korea and Japan to settle their dispute over “comfort women” was supposed to be “final and irrevocable”. A spat over a statue puts South Korea and Japan at odds 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Japan on Friday said it was temporarily recalling its ambassador to South Korea over a statue near the Japanese consulate in Busan city commemorating Korean comfort women. Japan, South Korea 'comfort women' feud flares amid Pyongyang missile fears 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z At the time of the deal, 46 former "comfort women" were still alive in South Korea. S Korea monk self immolates in WW2 Japan sex slavery protest - BBC News 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Japan and South Korea also used their own comfort women for American GIs after the war. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z At the time of the deal Seoul said there were 46 surviving South Korean “comfort women”. Buddhist monk sets himself on fire in South Korea over 'comfort women' deal 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Activists have erected 30-odd statues to lament the suffering of the comfort women, including one near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea’s capital. A spat over a statue puts South Korea and Japan at odds 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z With U.S. prodding, the two nations agreed at the end of 2015 to what they described as a final and irrevocable settlement of issues involving the wartime “comfort women.” Japan Pulls Diplomats From South Korea Over Comfort-Women Statue 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z No. In fact the more famous "comfort woman" statue is outside the Japanese embassy in the South Korean capital of Seoul. Japan recalls Korean envoy over 'comfort women' statue - BBC News 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The South Korean government uses the phrase “comfort women of the Japanese military” to reflect the victims’ preferences. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Tensions between Japan and South Korea over the so-called comfort women reignited in 2011 when activists installed an identical statue opposite the Japanese embassy in Seoul. The big row over a small Australian statue - BBC News 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z With coaxing from Washington, she mended a rift with Japan’s right-wing prime minister over World War II “comfort women.” South Korea’s bizarre presidential scandal is a loss for the United States 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z In late December, a South Korean civic group, the Committee of Youth for Erecting a Peace Monument, installed the “comfort woman” statue in protest against the 2015 deal. Japan Pulls Diplomats From South Korea Over Comfort-Women Statue 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The memorial depicts a girl in Korean garb sitting next to an empty chair, and it commemorates the wartime victims known as comfort women. Court rules in favor of memorial to comfort women 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The main support group for the women that organizes weekly protests outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul uses “comfort women” in its Korean-language documents, with an explanation of the meaning. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z However, the deal over comfort women remains controversial in South Korea. Japan, South Korea Build Ties After ‘Comfort Women’ Deal 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But when she started meeting up with other survivors and campaigning on behalf of the "comfort women", her daughter Lisa began to ask questions. The house where the Philippines' forgotten 'comfort women' were held - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z People of Japanese descent have argued against including mention of Asian “comfort women” enslaved during World War II. They say the facts are in dispute. California aims to reflect diversity in classroom studies 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z People of Japanese descent have argued against including mention of Asian "comfort women" enslaved during World War II. They say the facts are in dispute. California aims to reflect diversity in classroom studies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In Japan, comfort women initially were considered victims of World War II atrocities and thought to have come mainly from South Korea and the Philippines. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The statue, which still stands, is the focal point for weekly demonstrations by activists and some surviving comfort women. Japan, South Korea Build Ties After ‘Comfort Women’ Deal 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In response, the Philippine government says it "has always remained sensitive to promoting the welfare of former Filipino comfort women," and that it "continues to adopt a firm and unwavering position on the matter". The house where the Philippines' forgotten 'comfort women' were held - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Japan has offered various apologies for its wartime conduct, but conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approach to issues such as comfort women has angered neighbors anew. Obama's Hiroshima trip rekindles decades-old controversies 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities: Examining the rise of revisionism and the fraught issue of comfort women. John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial - BBC News 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Most South Koreans prefer the term “comfort women” even though it is adopted from their former colonial ruler. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The dispute over so-called “comfort women” has been the central irritant to bilateral ties among several legacies of Japan’s 35-year colonization of the Korean Peninsula through 1945. Japan, South Korea Build Ties After ‘Comfort Women’ Deal 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In Japan, officials are frustrated that Seoul hasn’t removed the statue of a comfort woman across the street from the Japanese embassy, a focal point of anti-Japan protests. Leaders of Japan, South Korea Vow to Honor Pledge to Wartime Sex Slaves 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Her high school textbooks, she said, included just one line on "comfort women." Taiwan's complex relationship with Japan affects recognition of 'comfort women' 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Of 238 South Korean comfort women who shared their stories, only 44 are still alive. Film depicting horrors faced by comfort women for Japan army tops Korea box office 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “I personally hope we don’t call them ‘comfort women.’ Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Mainstream historians estimate there were between 20,000 and 200,000 such women, but only 40 confirmed South Korean comfort women are still alive. Japan, South Korea Build Ties After ‘Comfort Women’ Deal 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Japan’s forced recruitment of comfort women was “historical fact”, a South Korean foreign ministry official said, according to the Yonhap news agency. South Korea warns Japan over 'comfort women' accord after claims of no proof 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Scalia even characterized the protesters – who frequently scream at women, call them “murderers”, and even assault them – as wanting “to comfort women.” Antonin Scalia: a supreme court justice 'extreme and out of step' with women 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Closing credits list the names of donors, along with drawings by comfort women done during therapy sessions. Film depicting horrors faced by comfort women for Japan army tops Korea box office 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Of the 239 South Korean women who officially registered themselves as comfort women, to obtain subsidies and benefits, only 40 are still alive. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The deal is also controversial because of suggestions by Japanese officials that South Korea has agreed to remove a statue of a young girl outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul that represents a comfort woman. Japan, South Korea Build Ties After ‘Comfort Women’ Deal 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z About two years ago, Marano triggered a firestorm of criticism on South Korean social media when he waved Japanese flags and sat next to a statue dedicated to comfort women in Glendale, California. Obscure at home, 'Texas Daddy' is a right-wing darling in Japan 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Another potential sticking point to December’s landmark agreement is the fate of a statue of a girl representing comfort women that has stood outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul since late 2011. Former sex slaves reject Japan and South Korea's 'comfort women' accord 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Goodman wrote that he was “proud” of his role in “bringing about the Japanese prime minister’s acceptance of responsibility for the so-called ‘comfort women.’ Document proving WWII military sex slaves now at KU library 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Since then, the two countries have been divided over how badly Japan treated comfort women and how it should atone for past behavior. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The comfort women issue has been one of the most emotional disputes between South Korea and Japan, both important allies of the United States. Professor Ordered to Pay 9 Who Said ‘Comfort Women’ Book Defamed Them 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Feminist Network for Decolonization, an advocate for the women, accuses Marano of historical denialism on comfort women and being unaware of what is being published under his name in Japanese. Obscure at home, 'Texas Daddy' is a right-wing darling in Japan 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Abe offered an indirect apology “to all of the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incalculable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women”. Former sex slaves reject Japan and South Korea's 'comfort women' accord 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Still, the deal has come under criticism from factions on the right in Japan and on the left in South Korea, as well as from the comfort women themselves. Agreement on ‘comfort women’ offers strategic benefit to U.S. in Asia-Pacific 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z The divide is reflected in the term “comfort women” itself. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The same day, a local court opened a damages suit against the Japanese government on behalf of 10 former comfort women. Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Deal Faces Backlash in Seoul 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Separately, the Seoul Central District Court said it will hear a suit brought by 10 former “comfort women” seeking damages of $85,000 each. Cracks appear in Japan-South Korea deal on wartime sex slaves 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Japan, however, has said it is not planning to reach comfort women agreements with any countries other than South Korea. Former sex slaves reject Japan and South Korea's 'comfort women' accord 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The Japanese and South Koreans agreed on how to describe the forced labor, and the talks on the comfort women resumed. Agreement on ‘comfort women’ offers strategic benefit to U.S. in Asia-Pacific 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z In 2014, more than 100 of the South Korean comfort women filed a lawsuit against their own government, demanding restoration of human dignity and compensation; that lawsuit remains pending. Definitions of 'comfort women' reveal Japan-S. Korea divide 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z A further flashpoint is the status of a statue outside the Japanese Embassy representing a young comfort woman. Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Deal Faces Backlash in Seoul 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z "Japan took us to be comfort women and still tries to deny its crime." South Korean 'comfort women' protest against accord with Japan 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z A commentary in the state-run Global Times said families of Chinese "comfort women" wanted a similar apology from Japan after the deal with South Korean victims. 'Comfort women': Taiwan tells Japan to extend compensation - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The South Korean government agreed to explore whether the civic group that placed a bronze statue of a comfort woman that sits outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul would remove it. Agreement on ‘comfort women’ offers strategic benefit to U.S. in Asia-Pacific 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z “What’s important to the comfort women is whether the Japanese textbooks and history books will mention the comfort women accurately,” she said. Korea's Comfort Women: The Fight to Be Heard 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The so-called “comfort women” dispute is the core issue of several legacies of Japan’s 35-year colonization of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to the end of World War II that continue to irritate bilateral ties. Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Deal Faces Backlash in Seoul 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z My mother welcomes any agreement that might ease the pain and suffering of the “comfort women.” All 'Comfort Women' Deserve an Apology and Compensation 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Just 23 "comfort women" remained alive in China as of August 2014, the paper reported. 'Comfort women': Taiwan tells Japan to extend compensation - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z At that point, according to Cho Hyun-dong, deputy chief of mission at South Korea’s embassy in Washington, there was enough “positive momentum” to start bilateral negotiations on the question of the comfort women. Agreement on ‘comfort women’ offers strategic benefit to U.S. in Asia-Pacific 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z At the time, the stories of what were euphemistically called “comfort women” were just beginning to become public. Korea's Comfort Women: The Fight to Be Heard 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z South Korea’s government may first be focused on building domestic support for the comfort women agreement. Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Deal Faces Backlash in Seoul 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z My mother, who is about to turn 93, and so many of the former “comfort women” have waited a long time for an official apology and compensation. All 'Comfort Women' Deserve an Apology and Compensation 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z “They are all comfort women; on what grounds do you draw distinctions between them?” China Shows Skepticism on Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’ Apology 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Chinese academics estimate about 200,000 Chinese women were forced to work as "comfort women". China to 'wait and see' if Japan sincere on 'comfort women' issue 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z While each side said it was a “final and irrevocable resolution,” some of the 46 surviving comfort women criticized the agreement. Korea's Comfort Women: The Fight to Be Heard 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, two former comfort women joined a protest of several hundred people outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul against the deal. Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Deal Faces Backlash in Seoul 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z She is pleased that even the Abe government has acknowledged that the Japanese military was involved in creating the “comfort women” system and that the current government is aware of “responsibilities.” All 'Comfort Women' Deserve an Apology and Compensation 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z There is also another sticking point: a bronze statue of a girl, symbolizing a “comfort woman,” outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. South Korea, Japan reach settlement on wartime Korean sex slaves 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z A front-page commentary in the overseas edition of the People's Daily, the newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, said the "comfort women" issue formed one part of the history of Japanese aggression. China to 'wait and see' if Japan sincere on 'comfort women' issue 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z But the settlement over comfort women, if implemented in good faith, removes the biggest obstacle to improved relations and to smoother cooperation of both countries with the United States. Japan and South Korea resolve dispute over ‘comfort women’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Japan will work with South Korea to run a program to restore the honor and dignity of former "comfort women," Kishida said. South Korea, Japan agree to irreversibly end 'comfort women' row 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The long-standing controversy appeared to be nearing a close on Monday, when South Korea and Japan announced that they had “finally and irreversibly” resolved the dispute over the comfort women. In South Korea, a renegade academic who raised questions about the 'comfort women' saga 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Some of that has played out in the United States, with South Koreans erecting memorials to comfort women and Japan trying to have references to “forcible recruitment” removed from U.S. college textbooks. South Korea, Japan reach settlement on wartime Korean sex slaves 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it would "wait and see" how sincere Japan was after South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement to resolve the issue of "comfort women". China to 'wait and see' if Japan sincere on 'comfort women' issue 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed “sincere apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women.” Japan and South Korea resolve dispute over ‘comfort women’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Only 46 former "comfort women" are still alive in South Korea. 'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The Japanese government accepted responsibility for the women’s plight and agreed to give $8.3 million to a South Korean fund to assist 46 surviving comfort women. In South Korea, a renegade academic who raised questions about the 'comfort women' saga 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z “I don’t think comfort women victims were even considered” in the resolution, she told reporters after the deal, adding that Japan has not taken legal responsibility for the comfort women issue. South Korea, Japan reach settlement on wartime Korean sex slaves 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Abe has in the past also questioned whether comfort women were coerced and declined to personally apologize. ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Reached Between Japan and South Korea 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z For South Korea, the issue of so-called comfort women is among the most emotional of the disputes stemming from Japan’s colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945. South Korea and Japan Reach Deal on Wartime ‘Comfort Women’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z "Prime Minister Abe expresses anew his most sincere apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women," Mr Kishida told reporters. 'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Japan’s foreign minister also told reporters in Seoul that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had expressed remorse and apologies for the comfort women’s suffering. In South Korea, a renegade academic who raised questions about the 'comfort women' saga 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z “Now that this bottleneck comfort women issue is solved, I hope Japanese and South Korean relations will progress positively,” he told public broadcaster NHK. South Korea, Japan reach settlement on wartime Korean sex slaves 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Yun said on Sunday Kishida's visit was very important in its timing coming after more than a year and a half of high-level talks aimed at resolving the comfort women issue. Japan, South Korea diplomats meet ahead of ministerial talks on 'comfort women' 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z “Her case shows how difficult it has become in South Korea to challenge the conventional wisdom about comfort women,” said Kim Gyu-hang, a social critic. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Earlier in the year, the South Korean president called for a resolution to the "comfort women" dispute by the year's end, marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations. 'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Several dozen South Korean women accepted the money, but some of the civic groups that represent comfort women rejected it, arguing that compensation must come directly from the Japanese government, not private donations. In South Korea, a renegade academic who raised questions about the 'comfort women' saga 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Less than 50 onetime comfort women remain alive. Japan Asks South Korea to Remove 'Comfort Women' Statue 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z However, the Nikkei business daily reported that Japan would propose creating a government-backed fund to help the former comfort women as part of a possible agreement. Japan, South Korea diplomats meet ahead of ministerial talks on 'comfort women' 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z She touched on the subject of the comfort women in an earlier book, “For Reconciliation,” which reflected her broader interest in healing the tortured relations between the two countries. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z "I hope the mental pains of the elderly comfort women will be eased." 'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Despite the finality of the language used in the agreement announced on Monday, it is possible that the debate over comfort women will continue in some quarters. In South Korea, a renegade academic who raised questions about the 'comfort women' saga 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z “The two leaders agreed to speed up consultations to try to quickly resolve the issue of ‘comfort women,’ ” an aide to Park told local reporters. Leaders of Japan and S. Korea agree to keep talking — that’s a breakthrough 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z South Korea has demanded fresh steps by the Japanese government that it said should be acceptable by the surviving former comfort women and the public in general, without specifying what was needed. Japan, South Korea diplomats meet ahead of ministerial talks on 'comfort women' 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z “Korean comfort women were victims, but they were also collaborators as people from a colony,” Ms. Park wrote in one of the redacted sentences in her book. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Anger in South Korea over “comfort women” has strained relations between the large economic partners, with Seoul viewing Tokyo’s past apologies as insufficient. Seoul, Tokyo Pledge to Resolve ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In November, prosecutors indicted her on charges of criminal defamation, alleging that she damaged the former comfort women’s reputations with her writings. In South Korea, a renegade academic who raised questions about the 'comfort women' saga 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z “President Park noted the issue of ‘comfort women’ is being the biggest obstacle against efforts to improve bilateral ties. Japan, South Korea Agree to Resolve WW II Sex Slave Issue 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z “On the issue of comfort women, I think we shouldn’t leave this obstacle to future generations,” Abe told Park in the meeting, according to Kyodo News. Japan and South Korea summit signals thaw in relations 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z After Korea’s liberation in 1945, she said, former comfort women erased much of their memories, like their hatred of “their own parents and Korean recruiters who sold them.” Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Abe has in the past questioned whether “comfort women” were coerced, and declined to personally apologize and offer state-funded compensation to the nearly 50 surviving Korean victims. Seoul, Tokyo Pledge to Resolve ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The issue of "comfort women" has been a stumbling block in their relationship. Japan and Korea to step up talks on 'comfort women' - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Abe was forced to abandon his earlier plans to revise Japan’s 1995 apology over its wartime aggression and an earlier apology to so-called “comfort women,” following repeated protests by Beijing and Seoul. Japan, China, S. Korea hope to thaw relations with summit 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z On Monday, the two leaders agreed to resolve the comfort women dispute – described by Park as the “biggest stumbling block” to friendlier ties – but did not offer details of how that might be achieved. Japan and South Korea summit signals thaw in relations 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z SEOUL, South Korea — When she published her book about Korean “comfort women” in 2013, Park Yu-ha wrote that she felt “a bit fearful” of how it might be received. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Time is a factor: Eight former Korean comfort women have died this year, leaving 47 still alive, many in their 80s and 90s. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Ms Park said the issue of "comfort women" was "the biggest obstacle" to South Korea and Japan's effort to improve their relationship. Japan and Korea to step up talks on 'comfort women' - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Officials in Seoul say that during their meeting on Monday, Park certainly will press Abe on the “comfort women” issue, which still festers with perennial protests, and occasional attacks, on the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Japan, China, S. Korea hope to thaw relations with summit 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Until Wednesday, both governments were unable to confirm that the two leaders would meet one on one, and the “comfort women” issue appeared to be at the heart of the dispute. Statues Placed in South Korea Honor ‘Comfort Women’ Enslaved for Japan’s Troops 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The former comfort women have called for Ms. Park’s expulsion from Sejong University in Seoul, where she is a professor of Japanese literature. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z He said Mr. Abe has repeatedly stated that he is “deeply pained” by the suffering of the former comfort women and would uphold previous government apologies. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “We are not saying that the comfort women never existed, or that the Nanjing massacre never happened, but events of 70 or more years ago are dominating discussions that instead should be more future-oriented.” Wartime sex slaves at the heart of UN battle between Japan and China 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Abe has said he is ready to discuss a wide range of issues, including “comfort women.” Japan, China, S. Korea hope to thaw relations with summit 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z For South Korea, the issue of the “comfort women” is among the most emotional of the disputes stemming from Japan’s colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Statues Placed in South Korea Honor ‘Comfort Women’ Enslaved for Japan’s Troops 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z In February, a South Korean court ordered Ms. Park’s book, “Comfort Women of the Empire,” redacted in 34 sections where it found her guilty of defaming former comfort women with false facts. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z At the end of the workbook, the children noted down messages they would like to send to the surviving comfort women. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z A South Korean government registry counts only 47 surviving comfort women. South Korean man lights himself on fire during anti-Japan protest in Seoul 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z This is where some of the last surviving comfort women are cared for in their old age. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In contrast, Seoul is pressing for sweeping action from Tokyo in the comfort women dispute, including new direct apologies to the elderly women and state-funded compensation. Japan, South Korea Face Bigger Hurdles After U.N. Deal 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “They do not want you to see other aspects of the comfort women,” the soft-spoken Ms. Park said during a recent interview at a quiet street-corner cafe run by one of her supporters. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Park also dropped her precondition that a new deal for the comfort women be in place before holding bilateral talks. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z It behooves Japan to bring healing to their wounds and to bring honor to them before another comfort woman passes away. ‘Eventually we will face a situation that will be beyond our control.’ 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z But there is plenty of other evidence that the Japanese military organised the comfort women system, not least from the men who served in the Japanese imperial army in China. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z He and other revisionists do not deny that comfort women existed, but insist there is no evidence that they were coerced by the Japanese military. Shinzo Abe risks 'disgracing Japan's people' by glossing over war record 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z They called her indictment an “anachronistic” attempt to “keep public opinion on comfort women under state control.” Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Around 60 former comfort women accepted the 1995 offer and received an apology letter signed by the Japanese prime minister, according to Japanese officials. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z He is seen as avoiding the terms aggression, colonial rule and atrocities, including "comfort women." 2 ex-leaders urge Abe to keep Japan's WWII apologies 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z "There were six comfort women for our unit," he tells me. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z “I am deeply pained to think about the comfort women who experience immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of victimization due to human trafficking,” Mr. Abe said through a translator. Yong Soo Lee, Japan World War II ‘comfort woman,’ demands Shinzo Abe apology 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Park said she had tried to broaden discussions by investigating the roles that patriarchal societies, statism and poverty played in the recruitment of comfort women. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in September, Ms. Park called for the dispute to be resolved while the remaining former comfort women are still alive. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z In 1993, a study done by the government of Japan revealed, “In many cases the comfort women were recruited against their own will, through coaxing, coercion, etc.” Protesters Push Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on Plight of WWII ‘Comfort Women’ 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z It is when I ask him about the issue of Korean comfort women that Mr Tamogami's denials are most indignant. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Only two comfort women are known to be living in the United States, but neither wants to come forward publicly, Jungsil Lee said. Yong Soo Lee, Japan World War II ‘comfort woman,’ demands Shinzo Abe apology 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Park said she had no reason to defame comfort women. Disputing Korean Narrative on ‘Comfort Women,’ a Professor Draws Fierce Backlash 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z In addition to an apology the government is seeking from Mr. Abe, Korean advocates for the comfort women want compensation from Japanese state funds. Seoul Brings ‘Comfort Women’ Dispute Into Classroom 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Representative Michael M. Honda, Democrat of California, invited one of the few surviving “comfort women” to the House chamber for Mr. Abe’s speech. Shinzo Abe of Japan Avoids Specifics in Speech on Trade Accord 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Mr Abe does not deny there were Korean women serving as comfort women near the frontlines in China and South East Asia. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Jungsil Lee said that 70 years after the end of the war, there is still little or no mention of the comfort women in Japanese schools. Yong Soo Lee, Japan World War II ‘comfort woman,’ demands Shinzo Abe apology 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z "I am deeply pained to think about the 'comfort women' who experienced immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of victimization due to human trafficking," he said. In speech to Congress, Japan's Abe faces challenges on trade, wartime past 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z "I am deeply pained to think about the comfort women who experience immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of victimization due to human trafficking," he said. Obama: China has benefited by U.S. presence in Asia 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z “The comfort women survivors are only asking sincere acknowledgment and apology, not money,” the statement said. No Deal, but Progress on Trans-Pacific Trade, Obama and Shinzo Abe Say After Meeting 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Those who were captured were taken to Mr Matsumoto's unit to serve as comfort women. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z There are 53 comfort women living in South Korea, and others in China, Malaysia, Taiwan and the Netherlands. Yong Soo Lee, Japan World War II ‘comfort woman,’ demands Shinzo Abe apology 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z As many as 200,000 "comfort women" from Korea, China and other countries were forced into the roles. Hundreds protest Japanese leader ahead of California visit 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z "I am deeply pained to think about the 'comfort women' who experience immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of victimization due to human trafficking," he said. Obama accuses China of flexing muscle in disputes with neighbors 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z In a statement, Korean American Civic Empowerment, a nonprofit group, called Mr. Abe’s words “gravely offensive to the victims of the Japanese comfort women system.” No Deal, but Progress on Trans-Pacific Trade, Obama and Shinzo Abe Say After Meeting 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z It is certainly true that the comfort women issue is used by the South Korean government for its own political ends. Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z “Based on this position, Japan has made various efforts to provide realistic relief for the comfort women.” Yong Soo Lee, Japan World War II ‘comfort woman,’ demands Shinzo Abe apology 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z At a White House news conference Tuesday after meeting with President Barack Obama, Abe sidestepped a question on whether he would apologize, saying instead that he was "deeply pained" by the suffering of "comfort women." Hundreds protest Japanese leader ahead of California visit 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The last surviving victims of Japanese aggression — Korean “comfort women,” American prisoners of war — want clarity before their generation exits the stage. With Japanese leader’s visit, a chance to look back and move forward 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z One of the 53 Korean comfort woman survivors, Lee Yong-soo, 87, told reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill that Abe was "denying the truth." History trailing Japanese leader on his upcoming US visit 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z But in many ways, her life did not begin again until the plight of the comfort women became known. 70 years later, a Korean ‘comfort woman’ demands apology from Japan 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Still, the issue continues to bedevil relations with South Korea in particular, where there are fewer than 60 former “comfort women” still living. Abe urged to uphold Japan’s apology for wartime aggression 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z He seeks a less apologetic, inward-looking Japan but said he doesn’t want to undo apologies by previous prime ministers about procurement of “comfort women” or other sins of World War II. Shinzo Abe’s optimistic vision 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Japanese historians contest textbook’s description of ‘comfort women’ It’s fine to be gay on Japanese TV — if you’re outlandish and outrageous 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Japan’s Foreign Ministry has been promoting Hata to international media organizations, including to The Post, as an expert on the comfort women issue. Japanese historians contest textbook’s description of ‘comfort women’ 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Last May, a memorial to Korea’s comfort women was built next to the Fairfax County Government Center. 70 years later, a Korean ‘comfort woman’ demands apology from Japan 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z U.S. academics condemn Japanese efforts to revise history of ‘comfort women’ Abe urged to uphold Japan’s apology for wartime aggression 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z “On the question of comfort women,” he said, “when my thought goes to these people, who have been victimized by human trafficking and gone through immeasurable pain and suffering beyond description, my heart aches.” Shinzo Abe’s optimistic vision 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Recently the government asked a U.S. textbook publisher to change references to wartime "comfort women". Tokyo fire bombing survivor fears Japan starting down road to war again 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z The issue of the comfort women is at the core of the political friction between Japan and the victims of its wartime actions in Korea and China. Japanese historians contest textbook’s description of ‘comfort women’ 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z But in 1991, when another comfort woman broke a half-century of silence, Lee realized that she had not been alone. 70 years later, a Korean ‘comfort woman’ demands apology from Japan 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Dudden and 18 other American historians issued a statement last month to protest what they called the Japanese government’s attempts to censor history textbooks both in Japan and elsewhere about comfort women. South Korean President Urges Japan to Admit Past Wrongs 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z A key part of the dispute over comfort women revolves around the number of women forced into sexual slavery and the precise role the military played in their procurement. American historians condemn Japan’s effort to ‘suppress’ history of sex slaves 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Japan says it settled all its debts to the comfort women in 1965, when the two countries normalised relations. Still fighting 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Now Japanese professors, led by Hata, are taking action, writing to McGraw-Hill to contest the textbook’s statement that as many as 200,000 women were forcibly recruited to be comfort women for Japan’s imperial army. Japanese historians contest textbook’s description of ‘comfort women’ 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Lee Yong Soo, a Korean and a former comfort woman, says, “If I am ever born again, I hope to be born as a woman soldier.” World War II Sex Slaves Bear Witness 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z This has led nationalists to brand him as one of the original “fabricators” of the comfort women issue. Japanese University Retains Ex-Journalist Facing Far Right’s Ire 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z McGraw Hill refused to change the textbook, saying that “scholars are aligned behind the historical fact of ‘comfort women’ ” and that it “unequivocally” stands behind the book. American historians condemn Japan’s effort to ‘suppress’ history of sex slaves 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z This last issue rankles in particular in South Korea, where the numbers of the few dozen surviving wartime “comfort women” brave enough to identify themselves are diminished by death nearly every month. Still fighting 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The reference to Japan is apt, as that country's leaders have not come to terms with their previous sins, particularly regarding "comfort women." The War Hero and the Chicken Hawk 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Second, the attempt to erase the whole sordid “comfort women” episode is part of a ferocious attempt to rewrite history. Will Japan’s habit of rewriting its history affect its future? 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z They are also pressing a claim that has left foreign experts scratching their heads in disbelief: that The Asahi alone is to blame for persuading the world that the comfort women were victims of coercion. Japanese Right Attacks Newspaper on the Left, Emboldening War Revisionists 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The comfort women, many of whom were Korean, have become a major source of contention between the Japanese and South Korean governments. American historians condemn Japan’s effort to ‘suppress’ history of sex slaves 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z This was because it was difficult for non-Japanese people to understand the term “comfort women,” it said. Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ In a statement run in both Yomiuri's Japanese edition and its English edition called The Japan News, the newspaper said that the expression "comfort women" was difficult for non-Japanese to understand. Newspaper retracts 'sex slaves' term 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z She was quoted as saying that the report was based mostly on the testimonies of “a large number of ‘comfort women.’ Japan Rebuffed Over U.N. Report on Wartime Brothels 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Right-wing tabloids have gone further, singling out Mr. Uemura as a “fabricator of the comfort women” even though his article was not among those that The Asahi retracted. Japanese Right Attacks Newspaper on the Left, Emboldening War Revisionists 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z South Koreans also have been assiduously pushing their case in the United States, erecting memorials to “comfort women” in Virginia and California, where there are large Korean American communities. American historians condemn Japan’s effort to ‘suppress’ history of sex slaves 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The issue of “comfort women” is extremely sensitive among Japan’s neighbors, especially South Korea, which contends that its former imperial master has not properly atoned for its wartime actions. Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ South Korea is embroiled in an ugly battle with Japan centered around the “comfort women” forced into sexual slavery during World War II, while Chinese newspapers have been running a relentless drumbeat of anti-Japanese propaganda. Korean artist in Japan hopes to help a new generation embrace peace The paper is setting up a new panel of outside experts to examine its coverage of the comfort women issue. Japan PM's liberal newspaper critic is humbled by errors 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z In this period, Tokyo established the Asian Women’s Fund, a quasi-public organization to compensate surviving “comfort women” victims. How the U.S. Can Better Relations Between Japan and South Korea 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z It also says that the Japanese imperial army “massacred large numbers of comfort women to cover up the operation.” American historians condemn Japan’s effort to ‘suppress’ history of sex slaves 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The conservative paper instead used the more euphemistic term “comfort women” in its apology. Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ But Ms Takaichi has publicly called for a new statement on “comfort women” next year, the 70th anniversary of the war’s end. Unwelcome change 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Francis spent a few minutes Monday greeting seven “comfort women” who attended his final Mass in Seoul’s cathedral. Pope Wants China Dialogue, Freedom for Church 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z South Korea balked at the Asian Women’s Fund and established a rival support system for “comfort women.” How the U.S. Can Better Relations Between Japan and South Korea 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Lee, 86, and a group of other elderly former "comfort women" will sit in the front row during the last Mass of the pope's five-day trip to South Korea. Elderly ex-sex slaves want solace, help from pope 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z “The Yomiuri Shimbun thinks the point of the issue is whether or not there were ‘comfort women who were carted off by the military during the war,’ ” the newspaper spokesman said. Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ In his first term as prime minister in 2007, Mr Abe raised hackles by denying there was proof comfort women were coerced. Looking for loopholes 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z China also refused to strike a deal on comfort women, and North Korea, with no relations with Japan, was not consulted. Japan Enrages South Korea On Comfort Women -- Talks To North Korea About Kidnap Victims 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The issue of Japan's wartime use of Korean sex slaves, known euphemistically as "comfort women", has been a constant source of tensions between Seoul and Tokyo. Seoul's PM-designate in WW2 apology 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Tokyo would also shudder at any suggestion of moral equivalency between the comfort women issue, and Nazi crimes. Step 1 of the Asia Rebalance: Mediate Japan and Korea 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z “The government is trying, with some success inside Japan, to create an impression that the comfort women issue is an Asahi fabrication.” Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ An investigation he ordered into a landmark apology to the “comfort women” might have helped end the controversy. Looking for loopholes 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Japan has made various declarations of remorse over the mistreatment of the comfort women. Memorial to WWII Comfort Women dedicated in Fairfax The North Korean statement was the latest in a recent series of written attacks against the South Korean president, whom it has previously likened to a "comfort woman". North Korea denies spy drones, labels South's president a 'prostitute' 2014-05-12T12:44:40Z The North Korean statement was the latest in a recent series of written attacks by the North against the South Korean president, whom it has previously likened to a "comfort woman". North Korea denies drone flights, calls South Korean president 'prostitute' 2014-05-12T03:19:42Z In remarks on Sunday, North Korea called President Park Geun-hye a "comfort woman", referring to sex slaves during World War Two. Seoul condemns N Korea 'foul' slurs 2014-04-28T07:42:10Z The Jilin documents include Japanese records on the exploitation of "comfort women" by troops as well as details of the Nanjing Massacre that began in December 1937. China releases Japanese wartime documents: state media 2014-04-27T05:39:51Z Congress responded by asking Japan to issue a formal apology for the treatment of comfort women, which the Japanese government says isn’t necessary. Memorial to WWII Comfort Women dedicated in Fairfax Last month, Mr. Abe distanced himself from ultranationalists — and his own past statements — by saying he would uphold the Kono Statement, which recognized that the comfort women were coerced into providing sex to Japanese soldiers. Japan’s Foreign Minister Says Apologies to Wartime Victims Will Be Upheld 2014-04-09T03:00:41Z Koreans are planning a permanent exhibit on the comfort women that likens Japanese wartime actions to Nazi atrocities, at a Holocaust resource center at the Queensborough Community College in New York City. U.S. Emerges as Central Stage in Asian Rivalry 2014-03-23T02:23:56Z Historians say tens of thousands of women served as sex slaves, called “comfort women” in Japan. Japan, South Korean Leaders Could Meet Next Week 2014-03-21T03:03:18Z “I am deeply pained to think of the comfort women who experienced immeasurable pain and suffering, a feeling I share equally with my predecessors,” Mr. Abe told Parliament. Japan Prime Minister Says He Will Not Revise 1993 Apology to Wartime Prostitutes 2014-03-14T14:25:40Z Moments before, organizers had released a flight of butterflies, an international symbol for comfort women that signifies hope. Memorial to WWII Comfort Women dedicated in Fairfax Japan says the matter of compensation for 'comfort women' was settled under a 1965 treaty establishing diplomatic ties. Japan's Abe says won't alter 1993 apology on 'comfort women' 2014-03-14T02:39:24Z Activists in South Korea fought back by supporting Korean-American groups with historical literature and other evidence, including a visit by an 87-year-old comfort woman to the city for the statue’s unveiling. U.S. Emerges as Central Stage in Asian Rivalry 2014-03-23T02:23:56Z The apology admitted for the first time that the Imperial military played at least an indirect role in forcing the women, known euphemistically as “comfort women,” to provide sex to Japanese soldiers. Japan Won’t Alter Apology to World War II Sex Slaves 2014-03-10T09:01:22Z That statement, issued by Yohei Kono, then the chief cabinet secretary, admitted that Japan’s military played at least an indirect role in forcing the so-called comfort women to provide sex to Japanese soldiers. Japan Prime Minister Says He Will Not Revise 1993 Apology to Wartime Prostitutes 2014-03-14T14:25:40Z Korea, then a colony of Japan, was a primary source of comfort women, leading to decades of intense resentment that have become a geopolitical concern. Memorial to WWII Comfort Women dedicated in Fairfax Just a day earlier, Mr. Abe’s government said it would re-examine a landmark 1993 apology it made to the sex slaves, commonly known by the euphemism “comfort women.” South Korean Leader Assails Japan on Wartime Brothels 2014-03-01T07:05:10Z Still, South Korea’s Parliament voted this year to provide about $100,000 to help comfort women activists pay for travel, printing photographs and booklets and other activities abroad. U.S. Emerges as Central Stage in Asian Rivalry 2014-03-23T02:23:56Z For many Koreans, the questioning of the comfort women by Japanese rightists is seen as proof of a lack of remorse for the women and other victims of Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula. Japan to Review Apology Made to WWII ‘Comfort Women’ 2014-02-28T13:48:38Z Supporters of the memorials say as many as 200,000 women from Korea and other Asian countries were forced to work as so-called “comfort women.” Japanese Lawmakers Campaign Against 'Comfort Women' Memorials 2014-02-26T05:35:25Z The Chinese Foreign Ministry denounced the recruitment of comfort women as "a serious crime against humanity". Japan to review testimony of women who served in wartime brothels 2014-02-21T11:54:53Z He said repeatedly during stump speeches that accounts of Japanese atrocities, “comfort women” and other wartime excesses were fabrications by the victorious allies. The Face Of Japan's Right Wing Revival 2014-02-13T09:05:36Z South Korean officials have also increasingly taken a public role in supporting the “comfort women’s” cause. U.S. Emerges as Central Stage in Asian Rivalry 2014-03-23T02:23:56Z A former official who helped draft the statement was called in to testify that the main evidence was the testimony of 16 former comfort women and that no documents were found to collaborate their stories. Japan to Review Apology Made to WWII ‘Comfort Women’ 2014-02-28T13:48:38Z The press conference appeared to be part of a concerted campaign to push back against comfort women charges. Japanese Lawmakers Campaign Against 'Comfort Women' Memorials 2014-02-26T05:35:25Z It began a series of promotional events by sponsoring cartoons illustrating the experience of the comfort women at a show in France that ended on Sunday. Seoul Wins Textbook War Against Japan 2014-02-07T01:38:34Z Mr. Momii later retracted the comfort woman statement, though he refused to do the same for his other comments, even under intense questioning in Parliament. Japan’s Public Broadcaster Faces Accusations of Shift to the Right 2014-01-31T14:22:22Z “The comfort women issue is still not as widely known to the ordinary public in the world as the German Holocaust,” Ms. Cho said. U.S. Emerges as Central Stage in Asian Rivalry 2014-03-23T02:23:56Z “The comfort women system is considered wrong under today’s moral values. But the military comfort women system existed as a reality at that time,” said Momii. U.S. Rejects 'Comfort Women' Claim 2014-01-30T05:20:23Z Taking the fight over comfort women to the United States is a “huge mistake,” says Brad Glosserman, executive director of the Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu-based think tank. Japanese Lawmakers Campaign Against 'Comfort Women' Memorials 2014-02-26T05:35:25Z Seoul also plans to fund a new documentary about the comfort women, hold further art exhibits and stage an academic symposium later this year on the issue. Seoul Wins Textbook War Against Japan 2014-02-07T01:38:34Z Momii, a former vice president at one of Japan's largest trading houses, reiterated on Monday that his weekend comments on the "comfort women" amounted to his personal view. Japan broadcaster chief expresses regret for remarks on wartime brothels 2014-01-27T10:07:27Z Many South Koreans say the comfort women were not covered by the treaty because their existence was not known until more recently. Japan Official Under Fire for Saying Public Broadcaster Won’t Criticize Government 2014-01-27T05:27:56Z Embassy in Japan denied that U.S forces operated a system of comfort women during or after that war. U.S. Rejects 'Comfort Women' Claim 2014-01-30T05:20:23Z Kyodo said the changes were made at the request of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, which believes accounts of the Nanjing Massacre and the comfort women are biased. Japan stands by apologies for war aggression as textbook row re-emerges 2014-01-17T10:57:28Z One example is the issue of the comfort women. S Korea's Park rules out Japan talks 2013-11-04T00:10:19Z The government of Japan, it continued, would like to "extend its sincere apologies and remorse to all those who suffered immeasurable pain and incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women". The 'comfort women' for whom WWII never stopped 2013-05-29T04:40:16Z Many South Koreans say these so-called comfort women should be compensated as victims of imperial Japan’s brutal early 20th-century colonization of the Korean Peninsula. Japan Official Under Fire for Saying Public Broadcaster Won’t Criticize Government 2014-01-27T05:27:56Z Still, Mr. Hashimoto did not shy away from delving into his interpretation of the comfort woman experience. Japanese Politician Tries to Calm Furor Over Comments on Wartime Brothels 2013-05-27T13:03:23Z Two former "comfort women" cancelled their meeting with him on Friday. Mayor 'sorry' for US brothel remarks 2013-05-25T13:25:47Z Mr Hashimoto outraged Japan's neighbours when he said on 13 May that the "comfort women" had given Japanese soldiers a chance "to rest". 'Comfort women' snub Japan mayor 2013-05-24T08:54:35Z In contrast, the issue of comfort women is much less known. The 'comfort women' for whom WWII never stopped 2013-05-29T04:40:16Z Whatever the rationale at the time, Matsumoto said, the system and the treatment of the women - known euphemistically as "comfort women" - were inexcusable. Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran 2013-05-23T03:53:02Z He brushed aside testimony to the contrary from a number of former comfort women as unreliable. Japanese Politician Tries to Calm Furor Over Comments on Wartime Brothels 2013-05-27T13:03:23Z In 1993, Japan issued an apology for the "immeasurable pain and suffering" inflicted on comfort women. Japan's WWII sex slaves 'necessary' 2013-05-14T16:21:02Z Mr Hashimoto drew international criticism last week when he said that the "comfort women", were "necessary" for Japan's wartime troops. 'Comfort women' snub Japan mayor 2013-05-24T08:54:35Z Their numbers dwindling, the former "comfort women" are still waiting for a full and sincere apology. The 'comfort women' for whom WWII never stopped 2013-05-29T04:40:16Z The forced recruitment of comfort women was a serious crime of Japanese militarism at the time of World War Two. Japanese mayor sparks outrage with sex-slave remarks 2013-05-14T11:08:04Z “When soldiers are risking their lives by running through storms of bullets, and you want to give these emotionally charged soldiers a rest somewhere, it’s clear that you need a comfort women system,” he said. Mayor in Japan Says ‘Comfort Women’ Played a Useful Role 2013-05-14T00:12:33Z It is a result of the tragedy of the war that they became comfort women against their will. Japan's WWII sex slaves 'necessary' 2013-05-13T22:06:23Z “Human trafficking is a serious human rights violation, and the comfort women were the largest government-organized human trafficking case in the 20th century,” he said. Tensions linger in US over “comfort women” plaques 2013-01-30T14:05:00Z But for many former comfort women, it wasn't enough. The 'comfort women' for whom WWII never stopped 2013-05-29T04:40:16Z Abe this week said he may review two key government statements from the 1990s that accepted responsibility and offered apologies for atrocities and comfort women — although he stopped short of promising to do so. Japan's Not-Quite-So- Nationalist Leader: Shinzo Abe 2013-01-04T03:05:24Z Instead, he put the women’s experiences down to “the tragedy of war,” and said surviving comfort women now deserved kindness from Japan. Mayor in Japan Says ‘Comfort Women’ Played a Useful Role 2013-05-14T00:12:33Z The "comfort women" remains the most emotional issue left unresolved from Japan’s often brutal colonial rule of Korea from 1910 till 1945. Korean Court Sides With China in Arson Attack on Japanese War Shrine 2013-01-03T11:19:58Z “We should understand the comfort women memorial as something like the other memorials in the United States that memorialize many other human rights violations that happened in many places in the world.” Tensions linger in US over “comfort women” plaques 2013-01-30T14:05:00Z It's a living museum, known as the House of Sharing, and its statues and plaques tell the story of its residents' unusual lives - as "comfort women" for Japan's wartime army. The 'comfort women' for whom WWII never stopped 2013-05-29T04:40:16Z “Takeshima is one thing, but revising the expressions of regret about comfort women would stir up a hornet’s nest in South Korea,” says King. Japan's Not-Quite-So- Nationalist Leader: Shinzo Abe 2013-01-04T03:05:24Z In May, Rendezvous wrote about the "comfort women" controversy reaching suburban New York. IHT Rendezvous: Will Japan Unapologize for 'Comfort Women'? 2012-12-28T02:17:22Z This was most apparent with the Asian Women’s Fund, which the Korean government did not support and in fact subverted by establishing a separate, rival support system for the former comfort women. Why Japan Is Still Not Sorry Enough for World War II 2012-12-12T04:05:23Z We see comfort women survivors screaming for justice.” Tensions linger in US over “comfort women” plaques 2013-01-30T14:05:00Z A "military comfort women station" in Nanjing, China She shows me old scars on her arms and legs - from being stabbed, she says. The 'comfort women' for whom WWII never stopped 2013-05-29T04:40:16Z The Japanese respond that the Koreans are unreasonably linking two entirely separate issues: rightful ownership of the Liancourt Rocks and justice for the comfort women. You Say Dokdo, I Say Takeshima... 2012-09-03T04:34:00Z In corners of the New York region with substantial Korean populations, campaigns are under way to build monuments to the comfort women. City Room: In the News, Apologies All Around 2012-06-04T13:14:50Z ‘Comfort women’ is a term that the Japanese government gave us, and they say that we voluntarily became comfort women to make money … and that’s not true.” IHT Rendezvous: 'Comfort Women' Controversy Comes to New York 2012-05-11T02:41:35Z The Yonhap news agency said the man had told investigators that his grandmother had served as a "comfort woman" for Japanese troops and that he had staged the attack in protest against Japan's wartime atrocities. Chinese held for firebomb attack at Japan embassy in Seoul 2012-01-08T06:06:31Z Mr. Lee told Mr. Noda that 16 of the former sex slaves, whom the Japanese forces euphemistically called “comfort women,” had died in the last year, the officials said. South Korea Urges Japan to Compensate Former Sex Slaves 2011-12-18T22:59:31Z The Japanese government actually set up a special fund back in 1995 to compensate the comfort women. You Say Dokdo, I Say Takeshima... 2012-09-03T04:34:00Z The issue of “comfort women,” as the women were called by the Japanese military, is among the most emotional disputes stemming from Japan’s colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Statute in Seoul Becomes Focal Point of Dispute Between South Korea and Japan 2011-12-15T16:08:40Z “They call us ‘comfort women,’ but the term ‘comfort women’ is such a bad word. IHT Rendezvous: 'Comfort Women' Controversy Comes to New York 2012-05-11T02:41:35Z It ought to be the most charming room in town, to comfort women sick of prairie kitchens. Main Street It ended in failure after right-wing activists in South Korea persuaded several former comfort women not to accept the money, claiming that it wasn’t an “official” compensation or apology from Japan. 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