ShortHand: Japan’s 'Comfort Women'

<p>Between 1932 and the end of the Second World War, an estimated 200,000 women and girls were enslaved by the Japanese military, and forced into sexual servitude. </p><p> </p><p>Japan’s so-called ‘comfort stations’ were hellish places, and 90% of those who were imprisoned in one did not survive the war…</p><p> </p><p> Worst of all, these institutions were organised by the Japanese government itself.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.</p>