Obama’s Pivot to Asia and Its Failed Japan-South Korea Historical Reconciliation
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DOI: 10.1007/s12140-018-9304-7
Abstract: Since the 1980s, Japan’s war memory has strained its relations with South Korea and China, to a less degree, the USA. Two of the thorniest issues are the comfort women and the US atomic bombing… read more here.
Keywords: pivot asia; comfort women; reconciliation; south korea ... See more keywords
The U.S. Empire Remembers Violence Against Asian Women: “Comfort Women” Monuments and Transnational Global Memoryscapes
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DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2025.2489609
Abstract: Abstract This paper offers a rhetorical analysis to read the San Francisco “Comfort Women” Column of Strength memorial within the context of the United States’ historical violence against Asian women with white sexual imperialism as… read more here.
Keywords: comfort women; transnational global; asian women; empire remembers ... See more keywords
Knowledge production and activism on the ‘comfort women’ in Northeast and Southeast Asia
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DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2025.2496069
Abstract: ABSTRACT This introductory article presents the frame and impetus for our special issue on the ‘comfort women’ in Northeast and Southeast Asia. The objective of this article is to showcase this collection as part of… read more here.
Keywords: southeast asia; comfort women; women northeast; northeast southeast ... See more keywords
Driven by nationalism and entertainment: the representation of ‘comfort women’ on Weibo
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DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2025.2496091
Abstract: ABSTRACT The ‘comfort women’ issue does not find expression in Chinese school history textbooks, which leads to the question of how the populace generally perceives comfort women victims and whether there is a collective memory… read more here.
Keywords: comfort; comfort women; history; nationalism entertainment ... See more keywords
Going transnational? A feminist view of “comfort women” memorials
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DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2020.1808287
Abstract: ABSTRACT Sonyeosang (“comfort women” memorials) have become symbols of the memory war between Korea and Japan. Amidst heated nationalistic competition, the main battleground of this memory war is the U.S. This study observes how Kim… read more here.
Keywords: comfort women; women memorials; feminist view; going transnational ... See more keywords
Formulating Japan’s UNSCR 1325 national action plan and forgetting the “comfort women”
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DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2017.1413582
Abstract: ABSTRACT In September 2015, the Japanese government announced its first national action plan (NAP) to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325, just ten days after forcefully legislating controversial security bills that would effectively lift the… read more here.
Keywords: action plan; japan; comfort women; national action ... See more keywords
Double-Edged Network Effects on Disclosing Traumatic Experiences Among Korean “Comfort Women”
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DOI: 10.1177/08862605221148218
Abstract: This study examines the effects of social networks on the disclosure of stigmatizing and traumatic sexual assault experiences. We analyzed publicly archived oral histories of Korean “comfort women” from World War II, employing an innovative… read more here.
Keywords: social networks; comfort women; korean comfort; disclosure ... See more keywords
Exploiting humiliation: politics as history in the ‘comfort women’ issue
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DOI: 10.1177/14647001251341829
Abstract: The state-sponsored military sexual exploitation under the Empire of Japan 1932–1945 is euphemistically referred to as the ‘comfort women’ system. This article suggests that the debates over the contested comfort women issue are organised according… read more here.
Keywords: comfort women; history; article; politics ... See more keywords
The counter-boomerang effect of transnational revisionist activism on the memory of ‘comfort women’
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DOI: 10.1177/17506980221134907
Abstract: This article focuses on the mechanism of the global memory politics revolving around the issue of ‘comfort women’, who were sexually exploited and abused by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific War (1931–1945). Informed by… read more here.
Keywords: memory; boomerang effect; effect transnational; comfort women ... See more keywords
The Sonyŏsang Phenomenon: Nationalism and Feminism Surrounding the "Comfort Women" Statue
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DOI: 10.1353/ks.2019.0006
Abstract: Abstract:This paper explores the cultural and social phenomenon surrounding Sonyŏsang, a bronze statue symbolizing the so-called "comfort women"—young women who were drafted for military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Fifteen Years… read more here.
Keywords: comfort women; sang; sang phenomenon; sony sang ... See more keywords
The Violence of Looking: An Ethical Critique of Wartime ‘Comfort Women’ Photographs
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DOI: 10.22372/ijkh.2024.29.3.69
Abstract: This article argues for the removal of wartime ‘comfort women’ photographs and film footage from public circulation in academic, journalistic, museum, and digital contexts due to their potential to cause harm. It focuses specifically on… read more here.
Keywords: women photographs; wartime comfort; comfort women; violence ... See more keywords