Letter to the Emperor
Japan’s 85 year-old Emperor Akihito is tired. The popular and charismatic king says he will retire at the end of this month, becoming the first Japanese Emperor in modern history to…
The last letter from a “Comfort Woman” to the Japanese Emperor
My name is Won-ok Gil, a so-called “Comfort Woman." “I am now 92-years old. My wish before I die, is for the truth be revealed and to receive your sincere…
CWJC Newsletter! What’s Been Happening!
JAPAN KEEPS ON TRYING BUT SAN FRANCISCO STANDS WITH THE “COMFORT WOMEN” MEMORIAL Over the past several months, Japan’s Consul General Uyama has been doing overtime lobbying SF Supervisors to…
“Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’” campaign—UNESCO Memory of the World Register
Background of the “Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’” campaign in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register It has been extremely difficult and political to get “Comfort Women" documents accepted…
San Francisco City College Trustees unanimously votes to honor the “Comfort Women” victims and survivors as it celebrated International Women’s Month.
This March 21, 2019 proclamation is the third one honoring the courage of “Comfort women” victims by a city agency in San Francisco Bay Area on the occasion of “International…