The 1945 report proves Japan had government-controlled brothels ... “Legacies of the Comfort Women of World War II.” “I am, of course, proud of the crucial role that my own ‘Revelation ...
Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...
Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering number of male combatants were killed. The Japanese translation of the ...
The number of marriages in 2020 was the lowest since the end of World War II and plunged to 525,490 couples, a decrease of 73,517 over the previous year. As the trend has continued in Japan for ...
Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II ... new rights for women. Today, as democratic practice has come under scrutiny around the world, Japanese citizens too are ...