In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

An estimated 50,000 to 200,000 women were forced into sexual slavery in countries occupied by the Japanese army during WWII ...

Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito on Aug. 14, 1945 verbally accepting the terms of ...

The group, which is committed to raising awareness about sex trafficking, organized the event to recognize and honor the ...

Eighty years after Japan was defeated, a wave of Chinese films about the occupation are fuelling memory and anger.

WWII 'Comfort Women' Put Japan, Hirohito on Trial December 7, 2000 More than 24 years ago Summary By Doug Struck ...

In 1993, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono issued a formal apology to former comfort women and acknowledged Japan’s responsibility for their suffering.

During talks at the White House, US President Donald Trump highlighted the “comfort women” issue while meeting South Korean ...

Robert Lyman, a British military historian, confirms that “comfort women certainly accompanied the Japanese 15th Army into Manipur in 1944, and some of them did reach Kohima.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two will likely reflect his view that Japan's "comfort women" system of wartime military brothels ...

Japanese-American Alice Tetsuko Kono served a country that considered her an “enemy alien” and enlisted with the Women’s Army Corps during WWII Katherine Fecteau Alice Tetsuko Kono in her ...