If I were to speak to the Japanese government, there is only one question I would ask:Is it right to ignore me like this as if they did nothing to me? Are they justified after trampling an innocent and fragile teenage girl and make her suffer for the rest of her life? - a former “comfort woman”
On Wednesday, Sep. 13 2006, the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 759, calling on Japan to accept responsibility for sexual slavery of the Japanese military during the World War II era.
Estimated 100,000 to 200,000 women of Korea, China, and other South Asian countries were tricked or forced [...]
Before and during World War II, estimated 100,000 to 200,000 women were tricked or forced to serve as sexual slaves for months or years by the Japanese military. More than 80 percent of women were believed Korean. Many of the rest were Chinese, Philippines, Indonesians, Taiwanese and Burmese whose country was under the Japanese occupation. [...]
1868 Meiji Restoration - “Restoration” of power to the emperor and beginning of revolutionary changes including Japanese militarism under the Meiji emperor’s reign
1894~1895 First Sino-Japanese War - Conflict between China (Qing) and Japan for control of Korea
1904~1905 Russo-Japanese War - Conflict between Russia and Japan on Manchuria and Korea. In consequence of Japan’ defeat over [...]
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