New evidence shows Japan govt procured comfort women  

新发掘日军侵华档案显示：慰安妇属日本政府行为

吉林省档案馆最新发掘的一批日军侵华档案显示，日军战争期间强征慰安妇属于日本政府行为。吉林省档案馆此次整理发掘出的32件关于慰安妇问题的档案资料中，包括《宪兵月报》《关于南京周边地区［治安恢复情况］的报告》等，详细揭露了日军强征、奴役、虐待慰安妇的暴行。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – New documents uncovered by Jilin Archives showed that the Japanese government was involved in procuring "comfort women" during World War II, according to Xinhuanet.

A total of 32 files revealed details of the Japanese army procuring and abusing comfort women.

A report on public security in Nanjing and surrounding areas issued on Feb 28, 1938, recorded seven "comfort stations" in the area, including the number of comfort women and Japanese soldiers' use of the stations.

According to the report, a comfort woman was sexually abused by at least 71 soldiers, and one was raped by 267 soldiers.

In addition, a monthly newspaper reported that a drunken soldier assaulted comfort women at a station and destroyed some objects. And a number of published letters written by Chinese citizens and Japanese soldiers recorded the Japanese army's crime of enslaving comfort women.

And some files from 1945 recorded that the Japanese army had a special fund to purchase comfort women.

Wang Fang, leader of a research project on comfort women at Jilin Archives, said assaulting and abusing comfort women was part of the Japanese soldiers' daily routine during that time.

A group of right-wingers in Japan denied that the government or military were directly involved in procuring comfort women, but the newly uncovered documents show evidence, Wang said.