The “Comfort Women” Redress Movement in Japan: Reflections on the Past 28 years

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Congratulatory Remarks VII
4. Table of Contents IX
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: The Redress Movement in South Korea and Japan
7. Unfulfilled Justice: Human Rights Restoration for the Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery 21
8. The “Comfort Women” Redress Movement in Japan: Reflections on the Past 28 years 43
9. Japanese Citizens’ and Civic Organizations’ Strong Support for the Redress Movement 71
10. Initiatives by Citizens of a Perpetrator State: Advocating to UN Human Rights Bodies for the Rights of Survivors 95
11. Part II: The Redress Movement in the United States
12. Tracing 28 Years of the Redress Movement Led by the Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues 117
13. Building the San Francisco Memorial: Why the Issue of the ‘Comfort Women’ is Still Relevant Today? 149
14. Looking Back at 10 Years of the “Comfort Women” Movement in the U.S. 179
15. Part III: Legacies of “Comfort Women” in Arts
16. Legacies of “Comfort Women” 203
17. Making Girl Victims Visible: A Survey of Representations That Have Circulated in the West 215
18. Part IV: The Neo-Nationalist Movement in Japan and the United States
19. The “History Wars” and the “Comfort Woman” Issue: The Significance of Nippon Kaigi in the Revisionist Movement in Contemporary Japan 233
20. Japanese Far-Right Activities in the United States and at the United Nations: Conflict and Coordination between Japanese Government and Fringe Groups 261
21. Part V: New Sources and Theories
22. Documenting War Atrocities Against Women: Newly Discovered Japanese Military Files in Jilin Provincial Archives 275
23. The Japanese Secret: The Shame Behind Japan’s Longstanding Denial of Its War Crime against Korean Comfort Girls-Women 295
24. Major Publications Included in Book Chapters (Reading List) 325
25. Authors’ Bios 329
26. Editors’ Bios 333
27. Index 335