Denying the Comfort Women: The Japanese State's Assault on Historical Truth

ISBN-13: 9780367349660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 268 str.

Rumiko Nishino; Puja Kim; Akane Onozawa

Opis

Run by the Japanese Imperial Military during the Asia-Pacific War, the "comfort women" system remains controversial. Presenting strong opposition to revisionism, this book concludes that only a victim-orienated solution would be acceptable.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane PART I: COMFORT WOMEN, THE KŌNO STATEMENT, AND THE QUEST FOR TRUTH 1. The Kōno Statement: Its Historical Significance and Limitations, Yoshimi Yoshiaki 2. Forcible Procurement: What Survivor Testimonies Tell Us, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: Coercion, Sexual Violence, and Rape Centers in Yu County, Shanxi Province, Ikeda Eriko 3. Comfort Women and State Prostitution, Onozawa Akane Insight on the Issues: Guilty Verdicts for the Traffickers of Comfort Women: The Shizuoka and Nagasaki Incidents, Maeda Akira PART II: WHY THE ASIAN WOMEN’S FUND WAS NOT A SOLUTION 4. The Failure of the Asian Women’s Fund: The Japanese Government's Legal Responsibility and the Colonial Legacy, Kim Puja Insight on the Issues: The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, Class B and C War Criminals, and Japan’s Peace Treaty Obligations, Hayashi Hirofumi 5. A Reconciliation Discourse that Shuns Survivors, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: The Mobilization of Korean Adolescents as Comfort Women: Colonialism and the Victimization of Teenage Girls, Kim Puja PART III: A REALISTIC SETTLEMENT IS A SETTLEMENT THAT VICTIMIZED WOMEN CAN ACCEPT 6. Comfort Women, Textbooks, and the Rise of "New Right" Revisionism, Tarwara Yoshifumi 7. The Japan-ROK Claims Settlement and the Comfort Women, Yoshizawa Fumitoshi 8. Listen to Survivors’ Voices! Yang Chingja EPILOGUE: The Struggle for Justice Continues, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane APPENDICES: KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS ON THE COMFORT WOMEN Appendix 1: The Kōno Statement (August 4, 1993) Appendix 2: The Murayama Statement (August 15, 1995) Appendix 3: The Abe Statement (August 14, 2015) Appendix 4: The Japan-ROK Agreement (December 28, 2015) THE REDRESS MOVEMENT: A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS (1988-2017)