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The Comfort Women Controversy: Not Over Yet
East Asia Pub Date : 2016-10-24 , DOI: 10.1007/s12140-016-9260-z
Thomas J. Ward , William D. Lay

During the World War II, up to 200,000 women, the majority of whom were Korean, were forced to provide sex to Japan’s military forces. The perceived refusal of Japan to fully take responsibility for the mistreatment of these “comfort women” has been a major obstacle to Japanese-Korean relations for a quarter of a century. Although the signing of the December 28, 2015 Agreement between Japan and Korea purported to “finally and irreversibly” solve the comfort women issue that has divided these two East Asian powers, the voices of Korean and Korean-American civil society indicate the contrary. American local, county, and state governments have become key battlegrounds in the conflict. As comfort women memorials across the USA proliferate, these governmental entities have allowed themselves to be caught up in incomplete narratives, whether Japanese or Korean. Against the backdrop of the tense geopolitics of today’s Asia-Pacific, a more responsible, comprehensive inquiry is needed to bring closure to a tragic chapter of human history.

中文翻译:

慰安妇之争:尚未结束

二战期间,多达 20 万名女性被迫向日本军队提供性服务,其中大多数是韩国人。四分之一世纪以来,日本拒绝为虐待这些“慰安妇”承担全部责任一直是日韩关系的主要障碍。尽管 2015 年 12 月 28 日签署的日韩协议旨在“最终且不可逆转地”解决分裂这两个东亚大国的慰安妇问题,但韩国和韩裔美国公民社会的声音却恰恰相反。美国地方、县和州政府已成为冲突的关键战场。随着美国各地慰安妇纪念碑的激增,这些政府实体让自己陷入了不完整的叙述中,不管是日文还是韩文。在当今亚太地区地缘政治紧张的背景下,需要进行更负责任、更全面的调查,以结束人类历史的悲惨篇章。
更新日期:2016-10-24
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