Japan's Sex Slaves

All who opened their legs in Japan were not Geisha, or impetuous lovers, or just plain lusty -- many Japanese women in WWII were forced into prostitution in military brothels.

Tens of thousands of women.



Photo via ComfortWomen.Org.

These women were called "comfort women" and their existence is still controversial, even censored from history and refusing to apologize.

Comfort women were sexual slaves many of whom were taken by the Japanese Army during invasions of their Asian neighbors -- before and during the World War II. As you can imagine, they weren't well cared for or even buried properly.

The story continues: After Japan's surrender and with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for GIs.

Women in Peace and War (Tokyo, Japan) opened in 2005 and had an exhibit on comfort women -- I didn't find anything that noted how long that lasted...