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What does comfort women mean?
Comfort women refer to a military slavery system promoted by the Japanese government and its army during the Second World War [1] to successfully implement and complete the war of aggression against Asia. Historians in China and South Korea believe that it is mainly through deception and coercion. Most of the comfort women come from China, Korean Peninsula, Japan and Taiwan Province Province, and there are also many women from Ryukyu, Southeast Asia, the Netherlands and other places. Comfort women gathered in Japan are also called women's teams. From 65438 to 0996, the United Nations issued a report on the issue of Japanese comfort women, which defined the comfort women system as sexual slavery. [2] In July, 2065438+02, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instructed all American documents and statements to change the word "comfort women" to "forced slaves" in order to demand that Japan face up to the sexual atrocities during World War II. Since then, the South Korean government has also indicated that it will consider replacing "comfort women" with similar titles. 20 12 12 on February 6th, China historians proposed to rename the "comfort women" of China and South Korea (Korea was a part of Japan in World War II) forcibly recruited by the Japanese in the war of aggression against China as "sex slaves". 20 15 12 1 branch of memorial hall for victims of the Nanjing massacre by Japanese invaders, the exhibition hall of the former site of Nanjing Li Ji Lane Comfort Station was officially opened to the public. [3]20 15 12.28, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized to South Korea on the issue of comfort women. On May 3, 20654381day, non-governmental organizations from China, South Korea and other countries and regions 1 1 applied for the World Memory List heritage registration again. 20 17, China's offline film "Twenty-two" about comfort women was released. [4]