New evidence shows Japan govt procured comfort women  

新發掘日軍侵華檔案顯示：慰安婦屬日本政府行為

吉林省檔案館最新發掘的一批日軍侵華檔案顯示，日軍戰爭期間強征慰安婦屬于日本政府行為。吉林省檔案館此次整理發掘出的32件關于慰安婦問題的檔案資料中，包括《憲兵月報》《關于南京周邊地區［治安恢復情況］的報告》等，詳細揭露了日軍強征、奴役、虐待慰安婦的暴行。 [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.