A memorial for "comfort women" during World War II opened to the public in east China's Jiangsu Province on Tuesday.
A Japanese citizens group on Nov. 18 submitted an “emergency request” to the government to provide official compensation and apologize to former “comfort women” for Japan’s wartime actions.
"Intimate Transgressions," which opened in Beijing this week, brought together 34 artists from over 15 countries and regions to exhibit works on the theme of wartime women.
China will consider and discuss whether to nominate the "comfort women" files to the Memory of the World Register with other relevant countries as recommended by UNESCO's feedback, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The U.S. government should convey to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the mutual defense treaty requires cessation of all its "provocative behaviors," including denying the existence of "comfort women," former U.S. Congressman David Wu said Tuesday.
A provincial-level archive signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a foundation from South Korea to work together on the study of "comfort women" during Japanese imperialism in World War II.
Since the world-recognized "Kono Statement" was released by the then Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono in 1993, offering an official apology to Japan's wartime sex slavery victims, known euphemistically as " comfort women," the statement has been seen a beacon that shed a gleam of light in the darkness for countless victims.
Japan said Monday it will adhere to its official 1993 apology for the forcible conscription of women into sexual slavery by its military during the Second World War.
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