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"Comfort Women" is a direct translation from the Japanese word jugun ianfu (in Korean jungun wianbu) which were Asian women forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial military in World War II.

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CNN - Japan's Former Comfort Women Demand Justice - Apr. 17, 1997 - Article on women who say they were taken by invading Japanese soldiers during World War II and made the sexual slaves of Japan's Imperial Army. The Comfort Women - A History of Trauma - Gives historical perspective, origins, facts about exploitation, voices of comfort women, and current situation of Taiwanese victims. On the Issue of Wartime "Comfort Women" - Official government response from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 on comfort women, their background, and recruitment. Japan's Responsibility Toward Comfort Women Survivors - Article from the Japan Policy research institute on former comfort women demands, Japanese and western responses, and fund for Asian victims.

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