Taiwan Comfort Women

Nine taiwanese women forced into brothels setup for japanese imperial army soldiers during world war ii sued japan s government on wednesday for compensation and an apology.

Taiwan comfort women. Taipei july 6 cna the first and only museum in taiwan dedicated to world war ii japanese military sex slaves known as comfort women is set to close this november due to financial difficulties. Estimates vary as to how many women were involved with numbers. The name comfort women is a translation of the japanese ianfu 慰安婦 a euphemism for prostitute s.

The group demanded 10. The statue is the first such memorial in taiwan and was installed on august 14 the international memorial day for comfort women by a local association and the kmt. Many victims of the brutal system were south korean but the taipei women s rescue foundation has estimated that around 2 000 taiwanese women were forced to work in the brothels reports hsu of the.

In taiwan former president ma ying jeou attended during his presidency many events in support of the comfort women s demand for justice and the first taiwanese comfort women memorial was established under his watch in 2015. Surveillance footage showed mitsuhiko fujii a member of a visiting japanese delegation appearing to kick the bronze statue outside the office of taiwan s opposition party kuomintang kmt in the southern city of tainan. The foundation began in 1992 a survey of taiwan s comfort women and a campaign to seek apology and compensation from the japanese government.

The united nations defined comfort women as military sexual slaves in 1995 and called the practice a crime against humanity in contravention of basic human rights. Comfort women as they were euphemistically called. Comfort women were mainly women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the imperial japanese army in occupied countries and territories before and during world war ii and the earlier program of voluntary prostitution.

At the same time women were summoned by the military or police to work in places like hospitals kitchens and factories. Taiwanese mainland chinese korean filipino and other asian women forced to work in japanese wartime military brothels were euphemistically referred to in japan as comfort women.