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Eighty years after Japan was defeated, a wave of Chinese films about the occupation are fuelling memory and anger.
An estimated 50,000 to 200,000 women were forced into sexual slavery in countries occupied by the Japanese army during WWII ...
Groups supporting Filipino women who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II held a rally in ...
Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito on Aug. 14, 1945 verbally accepting the terms of ...
The term “ comfort women ” refers to victims of Japan’s forced sexual slavery before and during World War II, where hundreds of thousands of girls and women from Asian countries were abducted and ...
U.S. Rejects Japanese Broadcaster’s Claim It Used ‘Comfort Women’ in World War II 4 minute read ...
Right wing groups in Japan continue to push historical denialism in a bid to whitewash wartime atrocities. South Korea, which ...
Aug. 14 marks International Memorial Day for Japanese Military Comfort Women, a day before the National Liberation Day holiday marking Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial subjugation ...
The group, which is committed to raising awareness about sex trafficking, organized the event to recognize and honor the ...
Memories of the war, such as the Imperial Japanese Army's bombing of Darwin, remained vivid for many Australians, and ...
Japan's PM tells South Koreans his 'heart hurts' over pain caused by occupation By Choonsik Yoo, Hyonhee Shin and Sakura Murakami May 7, 20236:42 AM PDTUpdated May 7, 2023 ...