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Japan comfort women
![Japan Urges South Korea to Drop Wartime Compensation Demands Japan Urges South Korea to Drop Wartime Compensation Demands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-19-1.jpg)
Japan Urges South Korea to Drop Wartime Compensation Demands
By Associated Press
A South Korean court's recent ruling is likely to further complicate bilateral relations between the two U.S. allies.
![Before #MeToo, There Were the ‘Comfort Women’ Before #MeToo, There Were the ‘Comfort Women’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1200px-peace_statue_comfort_woman_statue_위안부_소녀상_평화의_소녀상_1_22607964614.jpg)
Before #MeToo, There Were the ‘Comfort Women’
By Esther Brito Ruiz
The survivors of Japanese sexual slavery started a pioneering human rights movement combating sexual abuse.
![Why the 'Comfort Women' Issue Still Matters, 70 Years Later Why the 'Comfort Women' Issue Still Matters, 70 Years Later](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-05_17-45-17.jpg)
Why the 'Comfort Women' Issue Still Matters, 70 Years Later
By Hiroka Shoji
The refusal to adequately address past atrocities permeates how women are viewed in Japanese society today.
![Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-31_01-07-38.jpg)
Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration
By Edward Vickers
Blocking comfort women documents from UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register could do Japan more harm than good.
![Japan Scores Tragic Own Goal with UNESCO Stance Japan Scores Tragic Own Goal with UNESCO Stance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-02_17-19-35.jpg)
Japan Scores Tragic Own Goal with UNESCO Stance
By Edward Vickers
Tokyo’s position is damaging its international reputation and playing into China’s hands.
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