Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone

Hata Ikuhiko, professor emeritus of Nihon University, is a leading Japanese historian who has extensively researched Japan’s modern history, including the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. He has authored numerous books, including Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace and Nanking jiken (Nanking atrocity). Hata’s awards include the Kikuchi Kan Prize (1993), the Mainichi Publishing Cultural Award (2014) and the Seiron Award (2015).

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Map of East Asia and the Pacific …
OneThe Comfort Women Issue “Explodes”…
TwoJapan’s Licensed Prostitution System …
ThreeIn Manchuria and on the Battlefields of China…
FourAlong the Pacific Front …
Five“Battle Zone Sex” Around the World …
SixPersonal Stories of the Comfort Women …
SevenThe Confabulations of Yoshida Seiji …
EightFrom the Kono Statement to the Coomaraswamy Report …
NineSpread of Misconceptions about Comfort Women to the International Community …
TenMerits and Demerits of the Asian Women’s Fund …
ElevenFive Points of Contention: Q&A …
TwelveComfort Women in the Battle Over History …
ThirteenThree-point Suite: The Facts About South Korea’s Comfort Women, 1945-2015 …
Afterword
by Hata Ikuhiko
Appendixes
1. Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Kono Yohei, August 4, 1993 …
2. United States Department of War, Report APO 689 …
3. Requesting Correction of Factual Errors in McGraw-Hill Textbook …
Bibliography
Books and Journals
Unpublished Governmental Sources
About the Author
About the Translator
Index