Japanese politicians want to erase the history of the 200,000 women who were forced by the Japanese military into sexual slavery. Statues around the world remember the “comfort women” from places including China, Korea, the Phillipines, and Japan itself, but it’s been a battle.
Kota from Against Japanism joins us in the treaty capitol of the world.
Part 1 is here, with guest Judith Mirkinson from the Comfort Women Justice Coalition.
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Against Japanism podcast
Against Japanism interview with May Shigenobu (journalist, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, Palestinian freedom fighter recently released after spending 20 years in prison for solidarity actions)
Against Japanism, “Nikkei Organizing w/ Miya Sommers, J-Town Action & Solidarity, and Nikkei Uprising”
Comfort Women Justice Coalition
Building the San Francisco Memorial: Why the Issue of the ‘Comfort Women’ is Still Relevant Today by Judith Mirkinson Listen to the Voices of the Women (Judith Mirkinson) “Guilt by Association”: Japanese Canadians and the Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day by Jane Komori, in Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus SOMA Pilipinas / Gabriela
Call Her Ganda, documentary about Jennifer Laude by PJ Raval
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