Who can enter? Students (high school and college) attending schools in California Theme Why should the history and issues around “Comfort Women” be taught in schools in the United States? In 2016, California Department of Education included the “Comfort Women” history in High School’s History/Social Science Framework that reads: “Comfort Women” can be taught as an […]
CounterPunch, April 24, 2019. By Adam Jonas Horowitz Japan’s 85 year-old Emperor Akihito is tired. The popular and charismatic king says he will retire at the end of this month, becoming the first Japanese Emperor in modern history to voluntarily step down from the Imperial throne. Indeed, the weight of his monarchy is heavy, weighed […]
The Kyunghyang Shinmun, April 18, 2019 By Kim Chan-ho “I am now 92-years old. My wish before I die, is for the truth be revealed and to receive your sincere apology…” Sometimes you don’t have to read all of a text to know what someone is trying to say. The deep intention in the labored […]
NBC News, Jan. 15, 2019 By Agnes Constante Two California non-profits are planning to distribute across school districts in California a teacher’s resource guide about “comfort women,” the mostly Korean women who were forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II. The guide was commissioned by the Korean American Forum of California (KAFC) and the […]
Xinhua, Sept 10, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — A website aiming to educate U.S. students on “comfort women” history was launched on Monday with lesson plans and materials to be downloaded at no cost. The website, ComfortWomenEducation.org, provides lesson plans, historical background materials, videos, reference articles, important documents from the United Nations, and […]
Reporter Newspapers.net. Dyana Bagby, Jun. 27, 2017. Comments from the Japanese consul general in Atlanta about Brookhaven’s “comfort women” memorial – made in a Reporter interview where he denied the women were sexually enslaved — have rekindled an international controversy and drawn criticism from the South Korean government. Read More
Japan Times. Jeff Kingston, Apr. 22, 2017. As I explained last week, I recently met former “comfort woman” Lee Yong-soo, 89, at a rally in Seoul held at the site where the contentious comfort woman statue is located. Afterwards I joined her on a trip to the House of Sharing, where 10 other former comfort […]
Japan Times. Kyodo News, Aug. 24, 2016. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved the disbursement of ¥1 billion ($9.8 million) to a South Korean foundation to help Korean women forced to work in wartime brothels for the Japanese military. Read more
Perspectives on History – American Historical Association. Alexis Dudden – Mar. 1, 2015. To the Editor: As historians, we express our dismay at recent attempts by the Japanese government to suppress statements in history textbooks both in Japan and elsewhere about the euphemistically named “comfort women” who suffered under a brutal system of sexual exploitation […]
Washington Post. Anna Fifield – Feb. 9, 2015. TOKYO — A group of American historians is issuing a call to their Japanese counterparts to remain steadfast in the face of pressure from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to play down the army’s use of “comfort women” during World War II. As it prepares to mark the […]