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This site collects articles, raw materials, links, and other resources about the Ianfu, or "comfort women", the state-regulated prostitutes who served for Japanese Army during the World War 2.
Although there are many sites arguing this issue in Japanese, there are very little information in English. So Western media like NY Times and BBC write many wrong and biased stories. That's why I set up this blog. You can post (or copy)
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Although there are many sites arguing this issue in Japanese, there are very little information in English. So Western media like NY Times and BBC write many wrong and biased stories. That's why I set up this blog. You can post (or copy)
- Article about Ianfu in English
- English translation of the articles about Ianfu in newspapers, magazines, and books
- Links to Japanese sites about Ianfu.
If you have a Google account, you can comment on this entry. You can post entries for this blog if you become a team member of this blog. If you want to be a member, e-mail ikedanob@gmail.com.
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http://nautilus.rmit.edu.au/forum-reports/0706a-morris-suzuki.html
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/20070307TDY04005.htm
http://megalodon.jp/?url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/20070307TDY04005.htm&date=20070311020954 (cache)
Kishi, his grandfather and personal idol, was a sort of viceroy over Manchuria when it was occupied by the Imperial Army. Kishi was also a cabinet minister who concurred with Tojo on the decision to attack Pearl Harbor. After the war was over, Kishi was arrested on charges of Class A war crimes along with Tojo and others, but Kishi was later released without ever being tried when Tojo et al. were hanged. Why? And just what exactly was Kishi's role in overseeing the colony of Manchuko? Wasn't the procurement of recourses from the colony of Manchuko a part of Kishi's duties in his capacity in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce?
So why is Abe so hell-bent on denying that the Imperial Army kidnapped and held hostage hundreds of thousands of Asian women as sex slaves? Was the procurement of "human resources" a part of his grandfather's job?