MANILA, Philippines (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito on Aug. 14, 1945 verbally accepting the terms of surrender that ended World ...

During the Second World War thousands of women in Asia were forced to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers Some of them were still teenagers They were raped often beaten and abused The Japanese ...

Six former "comfort women" joined an international activist meeting in Tokyo Saturday to demand Japan formally atone for sexual slavery in its wartime military brothels, an emotive legacy still ...

A new debate has been unleashed about Japan's wartime sex slaves and the weight of history, amid the year 2018 ...

Members of a group supporting Filipino women who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II in the Philippines rally in Manila on Aug. 14, 2025. (Kyodo) MANILA (Kyodo) -- ...

Two of some 10 victims forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II and still alive in the Philippines have dismissed a proposed compensation package saying money is useless at ...

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 ...

This week, women gathered in downtown Chicago to advocate for justice for one of the darkest and least talked about legacies of World War II, the forced slavery of “comfort women.” “Their stories are ...

MANILA, Philippines — Sanya Lopez just can’t help but cry every time she talks about her experience of portraying a comfort woman in the GMA primetime series “Pulang Araw.” Sanya plays the role of ...

Catholics in South Korea have urged the Japanese government to offer a sincere apology to the comfort women forced into sexual slavery by its imperial army during World War II. The National Catholic ...