TOKYO — Japan's practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender — with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities — ...

TOKYO -- Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender -- with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation ...

This Aug. 3, 2019, photo, shows artworks for an exhibition in Nagoya, central Japan. The exhibit, part of Aichi Triennale 2019 art festival, resumed after it was forced to close down following threat ...

Korea-Japan agreement on "comfort women" victims This photo taken Dec. 28, 2025, shows a statue of a seated girl symbolizing ...

TOKYO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Organisers of a Japanese art exhibition who withdrew a statue symbolising "comfort women" defended their decision on Monday as justified given a crisis in ties between Japan ...

Hwang Keum-ju was an 18 year-old foster-daughter of a wealthy Korean family when she received a draft notice from the Japanese government during its wartime occupation of Korea. She was sent to an ...

Japanese conservatives are taking the offensive in the battle over World War II sex slaves — and it seems likely to do them more harm than good. Some 300 legislators from around Japan have sent a ...

Winner of the 2024 James Beard Best Emerging Chef award, Masako Morishita is reinventing Japanese comfort food at Perry’s in Washington, D.C. Masako Morishita, winner of the 2024 James Beard Award for ...

Three members of Japan’s House of Representatives called on Glendale to remove an 1,100-pound statue honoring an estimated 80,000 to 200,000 women from Korea, China and other countries forced into ...

SEOUL — Japan said on Wednesday any attempt by South Korea to revise a 2015 deal meant to have resolved a row over "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels would make relations ...

Aug. 14 (UPI) --Japan has delivered a message to the South Korean government regarding the issue of Korean "comfort women" forced to serve in wartime brothels, according to a Japanese press report.

The pain behind the euphemism ianfu, or “comfort women,” has reverberated for more than 70 years. Forced servitude in Japanese wartime brothels ensnared as many as 200,000 women from across a wide ...