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Japanese government’s claim that their military were not hand in glove with the running of brothels throughout Asia during World War II has been rebuffed by a historian. Yoshiaki Yoshimi, a history professor at Chuo University in Tokyo, cross checked the official documents from the 1930s in the Defense Agency’s library. And he discovered some [...]
If it were between countries, we’d call it a war. If it were a disease, we’d call it an epidemic. If it were an oil spill, we’d call it a disaster. But it’s happening to women, and it’s just an everyday affair. Japan is one the most technological advanced nation in Asia but its sheer [...]
Zhou Fenying was 22, when she and her sister-in-law were taken by force from their village in Eastern China, and transported to a military brothel by the Japanese soldiers during the 2nd World War. She has witnessed the vile history of pain and torture, which is still the cause of poisonous relations between Japan and [...]
Corporate life of Yukako Kurose withered away after she had a baby. In 1985, Japan passed a resolution which administered equal opportunities for both the genders, especially in work-front. Women like Kurose acknowledged it with open arms but (for them) it was nothing less than mere eyewash. Her promotion was due but the authorities discounted [...]
