A film based on the horrors experienced by "comfort women" in Japanese military brothels during World War II, whose doubtful commercial appeal meant it took 14 years and the contributions of 75,000 individual donors to complete, is top of the box office in South ...
On holiday in Hanoi, I found myself trying to explain "comfort women" to my 13-year-old son.
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida argues that "comfort women" should not be described as "sex slaves," challenging widespread use of the term by Western and other media outlets.
As the recent Islamic State fatwa demonstrates, there's no end in sight to the sexual enslavement of women.
Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females. The ruling or fatwa has ...
Taiwan called on the Japanese government Monday to begin negotiating with Taipei on the "comfort women" issue after Tokyo and Seoul struck a deal on the long-standing dispute. Spokeswoman Eleanor Wang said the ministry will ask the island's representative office in Tokyo to convey the ...
China has cautiously welcomed a landmark deal struck by Japan and South Korea on the issue of Korean women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. "We hope that an improvement in relations between South Korea and Japan will be conducive to ...
The South Korean government lodged a protest with Japan on Saturday over Japanese media reports that say Seoul is considering relocating a statue of a girl symbolizing the "comfort women" that was installed in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. The South Korean Foreign ...
Museum focuses on plight of women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Imperial Japanese Army.
A musical penned by a drama student from Seoul living in New York and focusing on "comfort women" opened off Broadway on Friday, with the playwright aiming to educate audiences about females who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels. Dimo Hyun Jun ...
Some members said a strategic plan is needed to lobby other countries on the issue of "comfort women," a euphemism for those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.
The American historian whose book has been slammed by the Japanese government for its content on WWII sex slaves speaks out.
