Q&A

• 0-1 What Is the True Nature of the Issue of the Japanese Military “Comfort Women”?
• 0-2 Were “Comfort Women” “Licensed Prostitutes”?
• 0-3 Was the Licensed Prostitution System Commonplace?: Even in Pre-war Japan, the Licensed Prostitution System Was Criticized as “Slavery”
• 0-4 Was the Licensed Prostitution System Commonplace in the World?
• 0-5 Were There Similar Facilities in Other Countries?
• 0-6 Were There Similar Facilities During the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
• 0-7 Does a Licensed Prostitution System Lead to a Decrease in Crime?
• 0-8 Were the Comfort Stations Established Because of a Demand Made by the Occupation Forces?
• 0-9 Was the “Recreation and Amusement Association” Under the Operation of the U.S. Military?

1. The recruitment and transportation of “comfort women”

• 1-1 Wasn’t “forced prostitution” involved in making women “comfort women” in Korea?
• 1-2 Didn’t the military authorities take the women using assault or intimidation to make them “comfort women”?
• 1-4 How is the fact of North Korean abductions acknowledged? Are there North Korean government official documents showing that North Korea committed abductions?
• 1-5 Does Any Written Documentation Survive That Proves Coercion?
• 1-6 Did They Become “Comfort Women” of Their Own Will?

2.

• 2-2 Did the Japanese Troops Serve to Protect the Women?
• 2-3 Did the Police protect the “comfort women”?
• 2-4 The Contractors were Punished?
• 2-5 Did “Military Comfort Women” Actually Exist?
• 2-6 Did the Japanese Army punish those who were responsible for the Semarang incident?
• 2-7 Were the “Comfort Women” actually treated well?
• 2-8 Did Mun Ok Ju Became Rich in Burma?
• 2-9 Were Local Women Protected Because of the Comfort Women System?
• 2-10 Are the Testimonies Full of Contradictions?

3.

• 3-1 Do the 2007 Cabinet decisions say that there is no proof of coercion?
• 3-2 Is It “Masochistic” to Teach about the Comfort Women in School Textbooks?

4.

• 4-1 What is the History of the Annexation of Korea by Japan?
• 4-2 In the Era Before WWII, Was Korea Just a Part of Japan?
• 4-3 Does South Korea Owe its Prosperity to Japan?
• 4-4 Did Japan Increase the Level of Education and Literacy in Korea?
• 4-5 Was Korea “At Peace” Under Colonial Rule?
• 4-7 There Was No Forced Mobilization of Koreans?

5.

• 5-1 Are Japanese and Japanese American children bullied due to the “comfort women” memorials?
• 5-2 What are the responses of Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals residing in the U.S. toward the “comfort women” issue?