BILL NO J00304 The New York State Senate SPONSOR AVELLA January 29, 2013 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION memorializing a Memorial Monument in the State of New York that pays tribute to those who have become known to the world as ‘Comfort Women’ WHEREAS, During the Japanese colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands […]
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 159 STATE OF NEW JERSEY Sponsored by: Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON District 37 (Bergen) Assemblywoman CONNIE WAGNER District 38 (Bergen and Passaic) Introduced September 24, 2012 Adopted March 21, 2013 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the suffering endured by comfort women during their forced internment in Japanese military camps. WHEREAS, […]
BILL NUMBER: AJR 27 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 90 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 26, 1999 ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 24, 1999 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 17, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 14, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 7, 1999 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Honda, […]
Summary of A resolution that demands Japan’s formal apology and full compensation to war time “Comfort Women” for the sake of restoration of their honor and dignity Presented by Shin Hak Kyun Parliament of South Korea 8 October 2008 Bill No. 1125 The South Korea Parliament passed a resolution condemning Japan and demanding […]
Journals No. 26 Motion by Olivia Chow House of Commons of Canada Adopted 28 November 2007 Moved that, in the opinion of the House: i. During its wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands, from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, the Imperial Armed Forces of Japan officially commissioned the acquisition […]
Motion by Van Baalen House of the Netherlands Adopted 8 November 2007 The House, having heard the debate, considering that Japan is a strategic partner in Asia, with whom the Netherlands has been maintaining relations for 400 years, 150 years of which diplomatic relations by 2008, and with whom our country wants to shape a […]
P6_TA(2007)0632 Comfort women European Parliament resolution of 13 December 2007 on Justice for the ‘Comfort Women’ (sex slaves in Asia before and during World War II) The European Parliament , – having regard to the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in 2007, – having regard to the International Convention for the Suppression […]
In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 30, 2007. Whereas the Government of Japan, during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, officially commissioned the acquisition of young women for the sole purpose of sexual servitude to its Imperial Armed […]
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 […]
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 […]