• China
    • Beijing
    • Shanghai
    • Guangzhou
    • Wuhan
    • Chengdu
    • Chongqing
    • Tianjin
    • Taiwan
    • Hong Kong
    • Macau
    • Belt and Road
    • Greater Bay Area
  • NE Asia
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • North Korea
  • SE Asia
    • Brunei
    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Laos
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Philippines
    • Singapore
    • Thailand
    • Timor Leste
    • Vietnam
  • South Asia
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Bangladesh
    • Afghanistan
    • Nepal
    • Sri Lanka
    • Bhutan
    • Maldives
  • Middle East
    • Bahrain
    • Cyprus
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel
    • Jordan
    • Kuwait
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Oman
    • Palestine
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
    • Turkey
    • Lebanon
    • Yemen
    • اللغة العربية
  • World
    • Australia
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Germany
    • New Zealand
    • Spain
    • Italy
    • Sweden
    • Brazil
    • Russia
  • Opinion
    • China
    • Business
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Donald Trump
    • Philippines
    • Southeast Asia
    • Politics
    • Asia Times News Video
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
    • Subscribe
    • Academic Rates
    • Payper News
    • My account
    • Lost password
    • FAQ
    • AT+ Commentary Archive
    • Asia Times store
    • AT+ Content Archive
  • ATimesCN
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
Skip to content
Asia Times

Asia Times

Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Comfort Women Justice Coalition

Flowers are laid on a statue of a girl that represents the wartime sexual victims by the Japanese military, during a rally in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, South Korea, on December 30, 2016. Photo: Yeo Joo-yeon / News1 via Reuters
Posted inOpinion

Never forget sexual slavery as part of Japan’s WWII history

by Mike Honda, Lillian Sing and Julie Tang June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

“Comfort women” is a euphemistic term for the hundreds of thousands of girls and women who were kidnapped and sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. From 1931-1945, Japanese military forced young women from more than 13 countries into sexual slavery for the “comfort” of its soldiers.  For the first time, […]

تمثال "عمود القوة" في ذكرى نساء الراحة بمدينة سان فرانسيسكو 

الصورة: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, World

‘Comfort women’ controversy crosses Pacific to California

by Keshia Badalge October 6, 2018February 18, 2020

AT+ Premium stories

  • China envisions computing power as a future utility
  • US blunders threaten to end dollar pricing of oil
  • China’s YMTC claims 3D NAND chip breakthrough
  • Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ old wine in a stale bottle
  • US Fed puts China on edge of a liquidity trap
  • Powell pushing Asia into a new financial crisis
  • Japan’s Daikin on a cool path to global domination
  • Timebombs ticking down for Seoul-Tokyo ties, chip sector
  • Is China really abandoning the buck?
  • Taiwan test case for investing in China chipmaking

Top trending stories

  • China unveils game-changing electronic warfare drones
  • US calls for tougher scrutiny of Turkey’s TB2 drones
  • Taiwan’s reunification countdown has begun
  • BeiDou fully armed to guide China's phones and missiles
  • North Korea coming to Russia's rescue in Ukraine?
  • China's YMTC claims 3D NAND chip breakthrough
  • US blunders threaten to end dollar pricing of oil
  • Damage from Pelosi’s Asia tour awaits final tally
  • A prescription for India greatness
  • Bladed 'Ninja' missile decapitated al-Qaeda's head

Military & Security

  • India’s new hypersonic relies on Russian tech August 4, 2022
  • India’s homemade carrier ready to flex and float August 3, 2022
  • US floating more robot warships to check China August 2, 2022
  • China, South Korea racing for stealth fighter supremacy August 1, 2022
  • Does Ukraine herald end of tank warfare? Not yet July 29, 2022
  • Korea’s biggest-ever arms deal to fortify NATO’s Poland July 28, 2022
  • Russia building a satellite-blinding laser weapon July 27, 2022
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with us
  • Write for us
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
© 2022 Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy

This Site Uses Cookies

This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy.

Learn more about cookies