ABSTRACT During the Korean War (1950–1953), the US military ran an official “rest and recuperation” (R&R) furlough programme that facilitated the travel to Japan of at least half of all deployed American troops. This article draws on memoirs by returnee American veterans of the Korean War, as well as Japanese histories of occupation-era prostitution, to shed light on the R&R programme, which has attracted little attention in English. The sexual exploitation of local women during the Korean War influenced the conduct of the programme, which amounted to sex tourism for the US military. The article highlights the harms of the programme for Japanese women who were sold for prostitution to American GIs by compatriot pimps and traffickers. Campaigns for redress over instances of military prostitution, such as the one in support of the “comfort women”, rely on knowledge cultivated through historical scholarship, so this article contributes to possible future campaigns towards redress for Asian victims of the American military’s R&R programme.

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朝鲜战争期间美军在日本的“R&R”计划的运作和影响

摘要 在朝鲜战争（1950-1953 年）期间，美国军方实施了一项官方的“休养”（R&R）休假计划，该计划为至少一半部署的美军前往日本提供了便利。这篇文章借鉴了美国退伍军人的回忆录，以及日本占领时期卖淫的历史，以阐明在英语中很少引起关注的 R&R 计划。朝鲜战争期间对当地妇女的性剥削影响了该计划的实施，这相当于美军的性旅游。这篇文章强调了该计划对被同胞皮条客和贩运者卖给美国士兵卖淫的日本妇女的危害。对军事卖淫事件进行纠正的运动，