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 — ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...