Denying the comfort women : the Japanese State's assault on historical truth / cedited by Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja and Onozawa Akane, with the Violence Against Women in War Research Action Center ; adapted from the Japanese by Robert Ricketts.

New York, N.Y : Routledge, 2018.

©2018

D810.C698 D46 2018

9781138048713 (hardback)
1138048712 (hardback)
9781351690645 (electronic book)
1351690647 (electronic book)

xix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

(OCoLC)1020709510

Utilising archival research, court testimonies and eyewitness accounts of both survivors and military and civilian personnel, this book argues its case in three ways. Part I analyses the modalities of coercion employed by the authorities and investigates the historical differences and continuities between licensed peacetime prostitution and wartime sexual slavery. Part II then examines the failures f the Asian Women's Fund to resolve the 'comfort women' issue, whilst Part III explores the removal of 'comfort women' content from school history texts after the late 1990s and details Japan's diplomatic efforts to prevent war victims froms uing the post-war state. Presenting a strong argument in opposition to the revisionist school of thought, this book ultimately concludes that a realistic settlement would see a victim-oriented solution that the survivors can accept. -- Website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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