In 1994, a fund was established for the benefit of these people, though it only lasted eleven years.
In 2012, four foreign legislators traveled to Palisades Park, New Jersey, to request the removal of a memorial to this group. In 1990, Jan Ruff-O'Herne testified before the US House of Representatives about being one of these people. Ahn Sehong is a photographer famous for tracking down surviving members of this group. In 1994, a fund was established for the benefit of these people, though it only lasted eleven years. The western analog of this group were the "Joy Divisions" employed by Germany. The Kono Statement was an apology to these people, though it has been repudiated by Shinzo Abe, who claims that these people served voluntarily. For 10 points, name this group of mostly Chinese and Korean women forced into sexual slavery under Japanese colonial rule.
In 2012, four foreign legislators traveled to Palisades Park, New Jersey, to request the removal of a memorial to this group.
comfort women [or ianfu]