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"Comfort Women" is a direct translation from the Japanese word jugun ianfu (in Korean jungun wianbu) which were Asian women forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial military in World War II. Websites submitted here must be comfort women related and in English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World subcategory.

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CNN - Japan's Former Comfort Women Demand Justice - Apr. 17, 1997 Article on women who say they were taken by invading Japanese soldiers during World War II and made the sexual slaves of Japan's Imperial Army. www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/17/japan.comfort.women

Comfort Women A North Carolina student's article on comfort women and case study of one Korean woman forced into becoming one. research.unc.edu/endeavors/win97/comfortl.html

The Comfort Women - A History of Trauma Gives historical perspective, origins, facts about exploitation, voices of comfort women, and current situation of Taiwanese victims. taiwan.yam.org.tw/womenweb/conf_women/index_e.html

Japan's Burden Article from Asiaweek on a former Japanese Prime Minister's wife getting the cold shoulder from the government on attempts to give aid and apologies to former comfort women. pathfinder.com/Asiaweek/96/0607/ed2.html

On the Issue of Wartime "Comfort Women" Official government response from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 on comfort women, their background, and recruitment. www.mofa.go.jp/policy/postwar/issue9308.html

Photos - Comfort Women Archived photos of comfort women in Korea and China by the Brown University Korean-American Students Association. www.brownkasa.com/gallery/comfortwomen

Everlasting Story of Plundered Souls Introduces the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery, with testimonies, photos, and research papers. uripeace.ce.ro

Japan's Responsibility Toward Comfort Women Survivors Article from the Japan Policy research institute on former comfort women demands, Japanese and western responses, and fund for Asian victims. www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp77.html