“Comfort Women” History and Issues

The term “comfort women” is a euphemism referring to the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery established and operated by the Japanese Imperial Armed Forces in their occupied territories from the 1930s through the end of WWII in 1945. Our publications include primary documents, victims’ testimonies, and tested lesson plans to teach and learn about the accurate history and issues surrounding the Japanese military sexual slavery system.
Background: While stationed in China from 1937 to 1940 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Murase documented the horrors of war through photography. In his book, My China Front, he included close to two hundred photos, voicing his opposition to the war and condemning the atrocities the Japanese government committed against civilians and soldiers. 
Location: Hankou, China
Photographer: Moriyasu Murase
Source: Murase, Moriyasu.  My China Front, Japan, 1987.