“I want Japan to ask for forgiveness.” Ching-lin Yuen, testimony at the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery, 2000. Yuen was among 64 women from 8 countries who came to Tokyo to testify about their experiences as former “comfort women.” The judges in this citizens’ tribunal found Emperor Hirohito guilty of responsibility for sexually … [Read more...] about Confronting South Korea’s censored discourse on ‘comfort women’
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Comfort Women photos emerge
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Japan’s Fundamental Freedoms Imperiled
Oct. 13, 2014Asia Pacific Journal and Hokusei University Support GroupThe Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 41, No. 4, October 13, 2014 from Japan FocusIntroduction In early August, the Asahi Shimbun retracted some stories that it published in the 1990s about the wartime “comfort women”. According to the newspaper, the most egregious mistakes involved … [Read more...] about Japan’s Fundamental Freedoms Imperiled