About 'Comfort Women'－Origin of the Military Sexual Slavery System - United Nations Security Council.
According to historical records, it is estimated that during World War II, the Japanese military established "comfort stations" throughout various regions in Asia. The number of "comfort women" recruited from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asian occupied territories during this period may have reached as high as three hundred thousand.
In February 1992, Ms. Hideko Ito, a former member of the Japanese House of Representatives, discovered three telegrams in the library of the Japanese Defense Agency. These telegrams, dated March 12, 1942, revealed that the Taiwanese military commander in Japan, in response to the Southern General Army's request, ordered the conscription of 50 "comfort women" to serve in Sarawak, Borneo. The Japanese Army sought approval from the Army Ministry for travel documents, which was granted on the same day. Subsequently, the Southern General Army indicated that the original 50 "comfort women" were overwhelmed with the workload and requested an additional 20. The Chief of Staff of the Taiwanese military once again sought approval from the Army Ministry. These three telegrams confirm that during World War II, Taiwanese women were indeed sent to serve as "comfort women" for the Japanese frontline military.
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officially initiates investigation and services.
TWRF promptly established a complaint hotline on February 20 of the same year, initiating on-the-ground investigations into comfort women in Taiwan. At that time, the chairperson of TWRF, Lawyer Wang Qingfeng, actively visited South Korea and Japan to gather relevant information and advocated for the government's formation of the "Taiwan Comfort Women Special Task Force." According to historical records, the recruitment of comfort women in Taiwan during that period was mainly carried out through intermediaries and military stations (district offices). Intermediaries included Taiwanese, Japanese, and Korean individuals, both male and female. Most victims were deceived or coerced into going to the South Seas by posing as "nurses," "canteen workers," or through "district office lotteries," serving as sex slaves for the Japanese military.
Based on the accounts of interviewed survivors, the number of Taiwanese women coerced into serving as comfort women during that time is estimated to be at least 2,000 or more. This occurred from 1938 to 1945, and the victims' ages ranged from 14 to over 30 years old.
In 1992, influenced by the courage of comfort women from Korea and other Asian countries who stepped forward to accuse Japan of war crimes, Taiwanese comfort women filed complaints with the Women's Aid Association. In 1996, 12 indigenous grandmothers confirmed being forced into being comfort women for the Japanese military stationed in Taiwan's mountainous areas. After investigations, 59 former Taiwanese comfort women were confirmed to have suffered severe sexual abuse by the Japanese military during the wartime. These women came from impoverished backgrounds, including farmers, fishermen, workers, and vendors.
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