Japan's Comfort Women Summary

There were many Asian women that were taking away from their villages by the government while the military used to rule Asian countries. Therefore, women who lived during the World War II they experienced raped and exploitation by Japanese government. Some women were taking away from their families by force. They had terrible experience being recruited because could not live their life as it was before they went to live in comfort stations without their will. Since women were slaves in comfort stations they beat, threaten, and rape by Japanese soldiers. In the book named Japan’s Comfort Women sexual slavery and prostitution during World War II and the US occupation by Yuki Tanaka. Women recruited young or unmarried women because military

He explained the occupation of being comfort women it was because of economic and social system. In fact, when World War II started U.S forces to become aware of comfort women by the Japanese imperial forces. For example, one of the most common evidence was when the author used to prove his evidence on page 85 the Japanese Prisoner of War Interrogation Report, No 49. It clearly stated that “20 Korean employed by Japanese couple who had served by Japanese imperial forces” (Tanaka). Another evidence of page 85 Psychological welfare No.2 published by the South East Asia, “A Japanese Army Brothel in the Forward Areas.” It meant Korean women that were captured in Burma. This evidence of this two reports No. 49 and No.2 refers to the violation many women’s rights by the Japanese forces. However, there was no documentation to show whether there was sexual abuse or exploited by Japanese forces during the war. Therefore, U.S forces did not regard comfort women to be a serious crime against humanity. They had no intention prosecute the Japanese officers of sexual abusing women in that