TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two will likely reflect his view that Japan's "comfort women" system of wartime ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party will conduct a new study on wartime brothels and the government will provide documents as needed, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday, rejecting a call ...
Smithsonian Highlights the Experiences and Impact of Japanese War Brides in New Traveling Exhibition
Masako and Irvine McConney Sr. drove from California to New York in 1955. Along the way several hotels and restaurants denied Irvine entry, so they slept and ate in the car. Courtesy of the McConney ...
Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo ...
A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...
Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...
These "comfort women" were completely deprived of all personal freedom, forced to serve dozens of soldiers every day. They were forbidden to refuse, cry or fall ill. Any sign of "disobedience" ...
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