The 'comfort women' museum wants compensation and an apology from Japan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The "comfort women" museum in Taipei has launched a push to have the Japanese government provide an apology and compensation for the WWII sex slavery.
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The call came on Sunday, the eve of today's International Memorial Day for Comfort Women.
From now until Aug. 31, visitors to the Ama Museum in Datong District will be handed cards to write messages backing the campaign, AP reported.
Afterward, the messages will be handed over to Japan's representative office.
The organizers also want Japanese authorities to release all documents related to comfort women and for textbooks in the country to clearly and objectively explain the issue.
The museum, established by the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation, opened on Dec. 10 last year.
Scholars estimate that around 2,000 Taiwanese women were forced into sexual slavery by agencies ranging from syndicates affiliated with the Imperial Japanese Army to local district administration offices within Taiwan during colonial occupation. Many of the survivors came from poor backgrounds and were deliberately mislead about work opportunities, finding themselves being shipped to places throughout Asia that had been conquered by Japan.
Other comfort women came from South Korea, China, the Philippines and Indonesia.
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