San Francisco City & County Resolutions Regarding "Comfort Women"
2001
Resolution 842-01
Resolution urging the government of Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the US-Japan Peace Treaty, to apologize for its wartime atrocities and provide just compensation for the surviving victims of its aggression (Oct. 22)
Resolution urging the government of Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the US-Japan Peace Treaty, to apologize for its wartime atrocities and provide just compensation for the surviving victims of its aggression (Oct. 22)
2013
Resolution 218-13
Resolution condemning recent statements by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto claiming that the system of sex slavery utilized by Japan in occupied Asian countries from the 1930s through World War II was a military necessity and that there is no proof that the sexual servitude was involuntary and coerced by Japanese authorities (June 18)
Resolution condemning recent statements by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto claiming that the system of sex slavery utilized by Japan in occupied Asian countries from the 1930s through World War II was a military necessity and that there is no proof that the sexual servitude was involuntary and coerced by Japanese authorities (June 18)
2015
2016Resolution 164-26A2
In support of the inclusion of the “comfort women” history into the statewide history curriculum (April 26) |
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2017
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RESOLUTION 358-17
Resolution declaring September 22, 2017, as Comfort Women Day in the City and County of San Francisco (Sept. 19) |
Resolution 415-17
Resolution Retroactively Authorizing the San Francisco Arts Commission to Accept a Gift of Art, Entitled “Comfort Women’s” Column of Strength, Valued at $190,000 and Accept and Expend a Donation from the “Comfort Women” Justice Coalition of $208,000 for the Purpose of Maintaining the Artwork, Entitled “Comfort Women’s” Column of Strength, for a Period Not Less than 20 Years, Res. 415-17, (2017). |
2021
Resolution 151-21
Resolution denouncing the article, “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War,” written by J. Mark Ramseyer, of the Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, which denies the history of sexual enslavement of the hundreds of thousands of women by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Pacific War (SFBOS adopted on April 6, but SF Mayor returned unsigned on April 16)
Resolution denouncing the article, “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War,” written by J. Mark Ramseyer, of the Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, which denies the history of sexual enslavement of the hundreds of thousands of women by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Pacific War (SFBOS adopted on April 6, but SF Mayor returned unsigned on April 16)