Many women imprisoned in Japan suffer serious human rights abuse and mistreatment. The Japanese government should urgently adopt reforms to improve prison conditions, decriminalize simple ...

Mina Watanabe is co-founder of the Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace (WAM) in Tokyo, which helps to focus attention on Japan’s so-called comfort women and other victims of sexual abuse.

The Women in War exhibition, in Lincoln, highlights the "contribution" and "courage" of 10 women. advertisement. BBC. Remarkable women of WW2 to be celebrated. Story by Emma Petrie - BBC News ...

For hundreds of years, Japan was a warrior state. These women were among the country's fiercest. HISTORY & CULTURE; These 3 samurai women were some of history’s most legendary warriors.

(Adds further reaction in paragraph 13) By Teruaki Ueno TOKYO, April 27 (Reuters) - Japan's top court on Friday rejected two compensation claims by Chinese who suffered at Japanese hands during ...