Correction appended, Jan. 30, 03:30 EST. It was the mayor of Osaka who said that comfort women served a “necessary” role, not the mayor of Hiroshima. The article has been amended to reflect this. Did ...

Japan and South Korea have reached an agreement over the long-standing issue of "comfort women," a term that describes sex slaves used by the Japanese military during World War II. Japanese Foreign ...

The Hankyoreh met up with María del Pilar Álvarez to talk about her new book “Halmoni: La revolución de las abuelas coreanas,” published in Argentina in November 2025 ...

Historians and educators from across Japan issued a joint statement on May 25 saying that, "The forced recruitment of 'comfort women' as sex slaves should be seen as recruitment 'against their will.'" ...

Analysts say Manila is unlikely to back the surviving victims of sex slavery, fearing it could jeopardise billions in infrastructure funding An advocacy group representing Filipino victims of wartime ...

Japan's ambassador to South Korea returned to Tokyo on Monday, reiterating its frustration over a statue of a "comfort woman" which has reignited a diplomatic row over Tokyo's wartime sex slavery.

TOKYO (Reuters) - As Japan and South Korea near their 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the two are sending conflicting signals over whether they can resolve a feud over "comfort women" forced to ...

Three Korean women who were drafted as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II took a trip to Japan on Sunday to demand an apology for its wartime wrongdoings. The House of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Korean woman who was forced to work at a Japanese wartime military brothel and later lost a Supreme Court case seeking compensation from the Japanese government has died in Japan ...