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Japan mulls 'various options' against S. Korea comfort women ruling

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 13 05:55 PM

TOKYO - Japan is contemplating "various options" and will act resolutely in response to a recent South Korean court ruling ordering the Japanese government to pay damages to former "comfort women," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Read more »

South Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves: Yonhap

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:40 AM

A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo. Read more »

Makabayan bloc rejects push to sell war reparation assets in Japan, cites symbolic value

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 04:04 PM

The Philippine government's war reparation assets in Japan should not be sold as they hold "symbolic value" to the country, especially to war veterans who fought during the Japanese occupation, according to lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc Tuesday, as they made their case against attempts to dispose of the properties. Read more »

Japan regrets new Korean "comfort women" statue set up in Berlin

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 29 05:35 PM

Japan regrets the recent installation in Berlin of a statue of a girl symbolizing Korean women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, its top government spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

Statues of girl, kneeling man stir debate in S. Korea

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 27 07:50 PM

A statue of a girl symbolizing "comfort women," newly installed in South Korea, is stirring debate on the country's social media because of a statue of a man bowing on his knees in front of it, which many say resembles Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more »

Taiwan to shut down 1st "comfort women" museum amid COVID-19

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 06 09:21 PM

TAIPEI - Financial hardship is forcing Taiwan's first museum dedicated to Taiwanese "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels to shut down in November, the museum's owner said Monday. Read more »

S. Korea civic group vows to continue "comfort women" protest rallies

Kyodo News
Posted at May 11 04:55 PM

A South Korean advocacy group that supports "comfort women" forced to work in the Japanese military's wartime brothels, said during a press conference Monday that it will continue weekly protest rallies until the issue is finally settled with Japan. Read more »

Why Bibeth Orteza wanted to play comfort woman Rosa Henson in Dulaang UP's 'Nana Rosa'

Leah C. Salterio
Updated as of Feb 27 12:03 PM

“Nana Rosa” was originally written as a screenplay by Rody Vera, who adapted it into a play by Dulaang UP.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 01:06 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Sanctuary for Lolas

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 10:08 AM

Members and supporters of the “Flowers for Lolas Campaign” unveil a marker at the garden sanctuary inside the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran, in honor of comfort women who suffered during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines during World War II. Read more »

New 'comfort women' memorial unveiled in Manila

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 26 09:04 AM

MANILA - A new historical marker dedicated to Filipino "comfort women" was unveiled Sunday at a church in Manila, over a year after a similar memorial in the capital was removed due apparently to Japanese pressure. Read more »

Filipino women urge Japan's apology for wartime sexual abuse

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 15 01:13 AM

Two Filipino women who claimed to have been sexually abused by Japanese soldiers during World War II called for a formal apology and compensation Wednesday during a rally in commemoration of the end of the war 74 years ago. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 14, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 12:16 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

74 years since

Bullit Marquez, AP
Posted at Aug 14 03:53 PM

Protesters display placards during a rally by comfort women or wartime sex slaves near the Presidential Palace to mark the 74th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday in Manila. Read more »

Theater review: Comfortless catharsis in 'Nana Rosa'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Mar 13 01:13 PM

Now more than 25 years after her nationwide confession, the UP Playwrights Theater brings her story back to fore on stage in "Nana Rosa," written by Rody Vera and directed by Jose Estrella, before it gets swallowed up by time. Read more »

Why now is the perfect time to stage a play on comfort women

Totel V. De Jesus
Posted at Mar 11 05:11 PM

The gripping reminder on the sad fate of comfort women is retold in “Nana Rosa,” a new stage play by Rody Vera and directed by Jose Estrella, now on its final week at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater in UP Diliman. Read more »

S. Korea to close Japan-funded 'comfort women' foundation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 12:56 PM

South Korea on Wednesday announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves  Read more »

Japan must do more for WWII 'comfort women': UN experts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 09:04 PM

Mainstream historians say up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea but also from other parts of Asia including China and the Philippines, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Read more »

S.Korea marks first 'comfort women' day, joined by protestors in Taiwan

Joyce Lee and Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Aug 14 04:18 PM

The comfort women issue has been a regular cause for contention between Japan and neighbors including China and North and South Korea since the war. Read more »

WE REMEMBER: Comfort women, by the numbers

Research by Carmelle Lacuata; Infographic by Louie Magano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 06:11 AM

"Comfort women" were girls and women taken to "comfort stations" of the Japanese military during World War 2. Last month, the Philippines became the only country to tear down a statue dedicated to remembering the suffering of comfort women. Read more »