News & Insights Across Asia
Auckland’s decision to reject a ‘comfort women’ memorial statue following Japanese diplomatic pressure highlights the ongoing global tensions surrounding WWII historical issues.
Auckland’s rejection of a ‘comfort women’ statue, following Japanese diplomatic pressure, underscores ongoing tensions over historical acknowledgment in the Asia-Pacific region.
China urges Japan to address wartime atrocities, including comfort women, as UN experts call for accountability and historical accuracy in 2026.
China urges Japan to address WWII ‘comfort women’ history honestly, stressing international concern over historical revisionism and calls for concrete accountability measures.
Scholars in Shanghai highlight groundbreaking four-volume study documenting Japan’s WWII military ‘comfort women’ system, drawing on 30 years of multinational research.
Decades after WWII, survivors and experts continue to seek accountability for Japan’s wartime enslavement of hundreds of thousands across Asia, including the ‘comfort women’ system and forced labor.
As the 2025 Nanjing Massacre memorial approaches, Asia reflects on the unresolved legacy of 400,000 WWII ‘comfort women’ and ongoing calls for justice.
New historical artifacts, including a wartime diary and rare photographs, have been donated to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, shedding new light on the 1937 atrocities.
