【 The comfort women issue】 is a nothig but “fictional and continuous lie”

August 4,1993,  South Korean government officials offered  Japanese government irresistible ※ “promise ” and  because of this promise Japanese Government fell into a unwise decision giving what South Korean government want is an official applogy regarding to the comfort women issue .

Althouh the essence of "comfort women" is  in another word  of professional camp follower" was prostitute at the time, Japanese government Chief  Cabinet Secretary Kono discourse was announced with applogy.

※ “promise” ⇒author Note: in the process of creating discourse, there is a request with "I want it admitted the testimony of former comfort women" from South Korea side. farthermore there was suggestion given to Japanese government by South Krean official that if the discourse which goes with the testimony of confort women is announced by Japan side ,then “no more problem ”and it can foster a Japan South Korea relationship of future-oriented. Therefore, as a political decision, the Japanese government at the time , announced Kono discourse that is based on the testimony unilaterally without any verification,

It could be said  for this discourse was  a far from fact and no more than but fiction. However successive ruling party in Japan that could not cancel the Kono discorse due to the political reasons , in cosiderations that Japan ⇔South Korea relationship might go sour.  Meantime  a military involvement abducting confort women was highlighted and Kono discourse started walking itself.

At first it was a toddler .then as times went by it changed like a dump truck rumbling along with a tremendous feeling of coercion came . Meantime  the dignity of  former Japanese soldiers  were disgraced and soiled in the unfair stigma  being labeled as  “a rapist”,“ aabductor”“the enforcer pushing comfort women into the sexual slavely”.

As of today ,the confort women issue is hanging heavily over Japan and the generation born after the world war II who knows nothing about war . Further more this issue is tormenting Japanese people in general.　

The comfort women issue became a greatest weapon for South Korean government who demanded apology and a huge further post-war reparations in the diplomatic negotiation with Japanese government. On other hand South Krean-American and South Korean residents in the USA started crazy lobbying of anti-Japnese propaganda by brandishing a distorted history toward lawmaker congressmens and senators. This propaganda has deeply damaged dignity and spreading the image how japanese are inhumane toward the world.

A group of South Korean residents ,the Korean civil society in the United  State and“VANK- Voluntary Agency Network of Korea ”are stongly united on common ground against Japan. They focus at local politicians seated  electoral district where many ethinic South Korean reside in each state . Then a group started lobbing toward targets that resulted in a statue of comfort women and stone monument engraved unfair phrase what contrary to a fact installed across the United State, however plotting it intend to install a number as many as possible.

Already a statue of comfort woman and stone monuments have been installed  in the United States:

✦ Glendale City / California (comfort women image, stone monument)　　　　

✦ Hackensack / Bergen County (stone monument)

✦ Eisenhower Park / New York Nassau County (stone monument )

✦ Pariseizu Park / Bergen County (stone monument)　　　

✦ County Courthouse site / Virginia Fairfax County (stone monument)

Why abnormal things like this that the United State has nothing to do with comfort women still happenig?

Why do local governments in the United State allow  the installing of statue of comfort women and stone monuments ?. That will crack US -Japan diplomatic relation and  a possiblity jeopardizing  Japan-US alliance and  the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan are very high .

Further more if  Obama administeration does nothing but let thing go. Then the Japanese people will feel distrust  towards  Obama administration and the american people . This will accumulate day by day and  it may  eventually lead to anti-american movement in Japan. 　Even if　anti-american movement did not occur, an image of the United State and  Japan-US alliance  as a reliable friend may detoriorate as previous friendly- like relation with the united State will be tarnished. It is very sad.

Even though South Koreans have immigrated to the United State and obtained the US citizenship, they have never learned or tend not to partcipate in  the American characteristics such as kindness!/sense of justice!/generosity but doing the opposits.

Why are South Koreans dragging the problems to the United State concerning to Japan- South Korean relation with issues such as comfort women and others?.   

　 Also why are the US local governments letting echnic South Koreans install statues and stone monuments freely, I shall never understand .

The anti-Japanese propaganda lobbist offers the rewards toward the Americans mostly local politicias or persons who have a great influence in the community that are so attractive not to take, in resulting the American people are seems to be changed.

It hard to believe that Americans are so different from people whom became  my friends in 8 years since I first visited the United State on 1963. Fifty years later, I still keeping touch with these friends.

This differnt is a big supprise in my life and the image of American people has sadly shifted from a good to a bad.

The wonderful memories as I was warmly recived by sicere and kind people who I met durig my eight years stay while in New York ,　Detroit,　Nashville and Los-Angeles. These wnderful memories!, as I would say " my treasure" are visualized when I close my eyes. Furthe more these memories are so precious to me and I do not want them being contaminated by the US lawmakers ,local politicians and echnic South Korean people who are together installing statue of comfort women and stone monuments.

A staute of comfort- womens and stone monument have been installed:

　　　　　　　　　　 IN MEMORY
OF THE MORE THAN 200,000 WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO WERE  ABDUCTED BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IMPERIAL JAPAN, 1930's - 1945 KNOWN AS "COMFORT WOMEN," THEY ENDURED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT NO PEOPLES SHOULD LEAVE UNRECOGNIZED. LET US NEVER FORGET THE HORRORS OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

DEDICATED ON OCTOBER 23, 2010 COUNTY OF BERGEN, COUNTY EXECUTIVE THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS , AND THE BOROUGH OF PALISADES PARK


THE "COMFORT WOMEN"

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 200,000 WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO WERE ABDUCED FOR THE USE OF SEXIAL SLAVERY BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE GOVERMENT OF IMPERIAL JAPAN 1930'S-1945 KNOWN TO THE WORLD AS "COMFORT WOMAEN". THEY SUFFERED HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY THAT MUST NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED. THE GRAVE VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN DIGNITY THEY ENDURED WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

DEDICATED ON JUNE 20, 2012 NASSAU COUNTY EDWARD P MANGANO, COUNTY EXECUTIVE KOREAN AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITEE GWANGJU METROPOLITAN CITY. REPUBRIC OF KOREA

After the statue of comfort women and stone monuments are installed, many  local people were greatly inflenced by these objectes as having an unfavorable imppression against echnic Japanese peole. What more children had been planted in their minds distorted ideas by their parent or children themself directly seeing these objects are largely brainwashed. These distorted ideas eventually led to the bullying such as swearing and spitting at echnic Janese children who are on streets,in schools, and at fast food restaurants。

Upon arriving home one of children who was sworn at and spat on, he asked parents question " Did my grandparents do such the bad thinga that were engraved on stone monuments". As he hit his head on kitchen table and cried "There is bad blood circulating in my body".

Parent did not have proper materials to refute the contents that is engraved on stone monuments. Further more Japnese government has done nothing but wait and see as afraid to solve comfort women issue might occur problems with the United State government. For all these reason parents could not explaine the contents engraved on stone monument is nothing but a lie. So they stood motionless and stunned.

The presence of the U.S. official documents describing "comfort women as prostitutes" :

(Tokyo Sports Web:　2014 /02/23)

http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/nonsec/social/237461/ 

✦　There is an official document of the United State that described most immportant facts regarding to comfort women. This official document was a the records of twenty Korean comfort women interrogated by US armed force officer during period of time the US armed force put down Mitokina of Burma under contorl. At that time twenty Korean comfort women had been captured. This official documents are very dependable and valuable as it was not litigation, therefore no mind contol to lead to the distortion. So it is a quite high objective material.

✦　The US offcial document mentioned clearly in no doubt about comfort women who are nothing more than  " professional camp followers or prostitutes".　　　 　In Europe, prostitutes went with the militry for business  but it were called a "professional camp followers".

Therefore  US offcial document describe them as comfort women are "prostitutes during the war ". The document also described in considerable detail of circumstances surrounding comfort womens and how they lived.

✦　Accordig to news paper "Tokyo Sports", a part of living cnditions of comfort women are mentioned that they earned total 1500 yen on average. Since they had to pay back \750 to the master who ran the brothel for their advanced loan but it was still a big earnnings at that time.

✦ The monthly salary of lance corporal in the Japanese Army at that time was about 10 yen. In comparision, comfort women earnings was \750yen and it was 75 times more higher than of the soldiers.  These facts are not deniable, therefore you have to ask yourself a question that if comfort women were really "sex-slaves"?.  Even though South korean Government and some of US government high offcials  are labeling and critsizing, it is not justfied.

✦　The above mentioned items in　an artical reported by 『Tokyo Sports Web』is the official document of the United State after it had been examined and summarized.

The whole contents of US offical documennt are as below:

Report No 49:. Japanese Prisoners of War
Interrogation on Prostitution

UNITED STATES
OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
Psychological Warfare Team
Attached to
U.S. Army Forces
India-Burma Theater
APO 689

Japanese Prisoner of War Interrogation Report No. 49.	Place interrogated: Ledo Stockade interrogated Date:.. Aug 20 - Sept 10, 1944 Date of Report: October 1, 1944 By: T / 3 Alex Yorichi
	Prisoners: 20 Korean Comfort Girls Date of Capture: August 10, 1944 Date of Arrival: August 15, 1944 at Stockade

PREFACE

This report is based on the information obtained from the interrogation of twenty Korean "comfort girls" and two Japanese civilians captured around the tenth of August, 1944 in the mopping up operations after the fall of Myitkyin a in Burma.

The report shows how the Japanese recruited these Korean "comfort girls", the conditions under which they lived and worked, their relations with and reaction to the Japanese soldier, and their understanding of the military situation.

A "comfort girl" is nothing more than a prostitute or "professional camp follower" attached to the Japanese Army for the benefit of the soldiers. The word "comfort girl" is peculiar to the Japanese. Other reports show the "comfort girls" have been found wherever it was necessary for the Japanese Army to fight. This report however deals only with the Korean "comfort girls" recruited by the Japanese and attached to their Army in Burma. The Japanese are reported to have shipped some 703 of these girls to Burma in 1942.

RECRUITING;

Early in May of 1942 Japanese agents arrived in Korea for the purpose of enlisting Korean girls for "comfort service" in newly conquered Japanese territories in Southeast Asia. The nature of this "service" was not specified but it was assumed to be work connected with visiting the wounded in hospitals, rolling bandages, and generally making the soldiers happy. The inducement used by these agents was plenty of money, an opportunity to pay off the family debts, easy work, and the prospect of a new life in a new land , Singapore. On the basis of these false representations many girls enlisted for overseas duty and were rewarded with an advance of a few hundred yen.

The majority of the girls were ignorant and uneducated, although a few had been connected with "oldest profession on earth" before. The contract they signed bound them to Army regulations and to war for the "house master" for a period of from six months to a year depending on the family debt for which they were advanced ...

Approximately 800 of these girls were recruited in this manner and they landed with their Japanese "house master" at Rangoon around August 20th, 1942. They came in groups of from eight to twenty-two. From here they were distributed to various parts of Burma , Usually to Fair sized towns near Japanese Army Camps.
Eventually Four units of THESE Reached the Myitkyina. They Were, Kyoei, Kinsui, Bakushinro, and Momoya. Kyoei The House WAS called the "Maruyama Club", but WHEN WAS changed the Girls Reached Myitkyina as Col.Maruyama, commander of the garrison at Myitkyina, objected to the similarity to his name.

PERSONALITY;

The interrogations show the average Korean "comfort girl" to be about twenty-five years old, uneducated, childish, and selfish. She is not pretty either by Japanese of Caucasian standards. She is inclined to be egotistical and likes to talk about herself. Her attitude in front of strangers is quiet and demure, but she "knows the wiles of a woman." She claims to dislike her "profession" and would rather not talk either about it or her family. Because of the kind treatment she received as a prisoner from American soldiers at Myitkyina and Ledo, she feels that they are more emotional than Japanese soldiers. She is afraid of Chinese and Indian troops.

LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS;

In Myitkyina the girls were usually quartered in a large two story house (usually a school building) with a separate room for each girl. There each girl lived, slept, and transacted business. In Myitkina their food was prepared by and purchased from the " house master "as they received no regular ration from the Japanese Army. They lived in near-luxury in Burma in comparison to other places. This was especially true of their second year in Burma. They lived well because their food and material was not heavily rationed and they had plenty of money with which to purchase desired articles. They were able to buy cloth, shoes, cigarettes, and cosmetics to supplement the many gifts given to them by soldiers who had received "comfort bags" from home.

While in Burma they amused themselves by participating in sports events with both officers and men, and attended picnics, entertainments, and social dinners. They had a phonograph and in the towns they were allowed to go shopping.

PRIOR SYSTEM;

The conditions under which they transacted business were regulated by the Army, and in congested areas regulations were strictly enforced. The Army found it necessary in congested areas to install a system of prices, priorities, and schedules for the various units operating in a particular areas . According to interrogations the average system was as follows:

1. Soldiers	10 AM to 5 PM	1.50 yen	20 to 30 minutes
2. NCOs	5 PM to 9 PM	3.00 yen	30 to 40 minutes
3. Officers	9 PM to 12 PM	5.00 yen	30 to 40 minutes

These were average prices in Central Burma. Officers were allowed to stay overnight for twenty yen. In Myitkyina Col. Maruyama slashed the prices to almost one-half of the average price.

SCHEDULES;

The soldiers often complained about congestion in the houses. In many situations they were not served and had to leave as the army was very strict about overstaying. In order to overcome this problem the Army set aside certain days for certain units. Usually two men from the unit for the day were stationed at the house to identify soldiers. A roving MP was also on hand to keep order. Following is the schedule used by the "Kyoei" house for the various units of the 18th Division while at Naymyo.

Sunday	18th Div. Hdqs. Staff
Monday	Cavalry
Tuesday	Engineers
Wednesday	Day off and weekly physical exam.
Thursday	Medics
Friday	Mountain artillery
Saturday	Transport

Officers were allowed to come seven nights a week. The girls complained that even with the schedule congestion was so great that they could not care for all guests, thus causing ill feeling among many of the soldiers.

Soldiers would come to the house, pay the price and get tickets of cardboard about two inches square with the prior on the left side and the name of the house on the other side. Each soldier's identity or rank was then established after which he "took his turn in line ". The girls were allowed the prerogative of refusing a customer. This was often done if the person were too drunk.

PAY AND LIVING CONDITIONS;

The "house master" received fifty to sixty per cent of the girls' gross earnings depending on how much of a debt each girl had incurred when she signed her contract. This meant that in an average month a girl would gross about fifteen hundred yen. She turned over seven hundred and fifty to the "master". Many "masters" made life very difficult for the girls by charging them high prices for food and other articles.

In the latter part of 1943 the Army issued orders that certain girls who had paid their debt could return home. Some of the girls were thus allowed to return to Korea.

The interrogations further show that the health of these girls was good. They were well supplied with all types of contraceptives, and often soldiers would bring their own which had been supplied by the army. They were well trained in looking after both themselves and customers in the matter of hygiene. A regular Japanese Army doctor visited the houses once a week and any girl found diseased was given treatment, secluded, and eventually sent to a hospital. This same procedure was carried on within the ranks of the Army itself, but it is interesting to note that a soldier did not lose pay during the period he was confined.

REACTIONS TO JAPANESE SOLDIERS;

In their relations with the Japanese officers and men only two names of any consequence came out of interrogations. They were those of Col. Maruyama, commander of the garrison at Myitkyina and Maj. Gen.Mizukami, who brought in reinforcements. The two were exact . opposites The former was hard, selfish and repulsive with no consideration for his men;. the latter a good, kind man and a fine soldier, with the utmost consideration for those who worked under him The Colonel was a constant habitué of the houses while the General was never known to have visited them. With the fall of Myitkyina, Col. Maruyama supposedly deserted while Gen. Mizukami committed suicide because he could not evacuate the men.

SOLDIERS REACTIONS;

The average Japanese soldier is embarrassed about being seen in a "comfort house" according to one of the girls who said, "when the place is packed he is apt to be ashamed if he has to wait in line for his turn". However there were numerous instances of proposals of marriage and in certain cases marriages actually took place.

All the girls agreed that the worst officers and men who came to see them were those who were drunk and leaving for the front the following day. But all likewise agreed that even though very drunk the Japanese soldier never discussed military matters or secrets with them. Though the girls might start the conversation about some military matter the officer or enlisted man would not talk, but would in fact "scold us for discussing such un-lady like subjects. Even Col. Maruyama when drunk would never discuss such matters."

The soldiers would often express how much they enjoyed receiving magazines, letters and newspapers from home. They also mentioned the receipt of "comfort bags" filled with canned goods, magazines, soap, handkerchiefs, toothbrush, miniature doll, lipstick, and wooden clothes. The lipstick and cloths were feminine and the girls couldn't understand why the people at home were sending such articles. They speculated that the sender could only have had themselves or the "native girls".

MILITARY SITUATION;

"In the initial attack on Myitleyna and the airstrip about two hundred Japanese died in battle, leaving about two hundred to defend the town. Ammunition was very low.

"Col. Maruyama dispersed his men. During the following days the enemy were shooting haphazardly everywhere. It was a waste since they didn't seem to aim at any particular thing. The Japanese soldiers on the other hand had orders to fire one shot at a time and only when they were sure of a hit. "

Before the enemy attacked on the west airstrip, soldiers stationed around Myitkyina were dispatched elsewhere, to storm the Allied attack in the North and West. About four hundred men were left behind, largely from the 114th Regiment. Evidently Col. Maruyama did not expect the town to be attacked. Later Maj. Gen. Mizukami of the 56th Division brought in reinforcements of more than two regiments but these were unable to hold the town.

It was the consensus among the girls that Allied bombings were intense and frightening and because of them they spent most of their last days in foxholes. One or two even carried on work there. The comfort houses were bombed and several of the girls were wounded and killed.

RETREAT AND CAPTURE;

. The story of the retreat and final capture of the "comfort girls" is somewhat vague and confused in their own minds From various reports it appears that the following occurred: on the night of July 31st a party of sixty three people including the "comfort girls "of three houses (Bakushinro was merged with Kinsui), families, and helpers, started across the Irrawaddy River in small boats. They eventually landed somewhere near Waingmaw, They stayed there until August 4th, but never entered Waingmaw. From there they followed in the path of a group of soldiers until August 7th when there was a skirmish with the enemy and the party split up. The girls were ordered to follow the soldiers after three-hour interval. They did this only to find themselves on the bank of a river with no sign of the soldiers or any mea ns of crossing. They remained in a nearby house until August 10th when they were captured by Kaahin soldiers led by an English officer. They were taken to Myitleyina and then to the Ledo stockade where the interrogation which form the basis of this report took place.

REQUESTS

None of the girls appeared to have heard the loudspeaker used at Myitkyina but very did overhear the soldiers mention a "radio broadcast."

They asked that leaflets telling of the capture of the "comfort girls" should not be used for it would endanger the lives of other girls if the Army knew of their capture. They did think it would be a good idea to utilize the fact of their capturein any droppings planned for Korea.                                                                            

Source: 　　Second World War ExordioThe (1939-1945) 

http://www.exordio.com/1939-1945/codex/Documentos/report-49-USA-orig.html 


The documents shown below, such as pictueres and newspaper clips are also very important evidences that the comfort women issue are noting but a big lie created by South Korean government.

"Keijo Daily" July 26th 1944
Wanted urgently "comfort women" 
for 2- 3 years
 Age :17 years older
workplace :  xxx comfort section
A monthry income : 300 yen or more and possible advance loan up to 3000 yen

"Dayry Shimpo" October 27th 1944
Wanted urgently "comfort women
Destination  : XXX troops brothels 
qualication :  18 to 30 years , healthy and storng
Recruitment date :  from 0ct0ber 27th to Novenber 8th
 The right after the interview decision made, immediately agreement and condition will be decided
 recruits : couple dozen needed
Parsons interested : please make contact at  ③ 2645 Keijyou-Fu, Jongno-gu, Korea 195 Rakuen town inn in light 

In a year of 1992, "Bun-damatama" as she called herself who was former comfort woman visited one of post office in Japan. And she filed a claim for the return of her deposit in the amount of 26,145 yen that she earned during war time.     During time when she was working as a self proclaimed as a "sex slave",  26,145 yen were equaivalent  40-50 million yen in today's values.  She depositted the monies 12 times under a name of "Bunhara Tamayo" at the post office in 3 years time. These amount of monies are recorded in the saving account book  could have bought 20-30 houses at that time.

　　　　　　　　　Photo of the entrance of the comfort station

In the picture,You can see one of the comfort women is smiling, she dose not look like a "sex alave".

The documents shown above prove that the article in the US official document mentioned particularly【A "comfort girl" is nothing more than a prostitute or "professional camp follower" attached to the Japanese Army for the benefit of the soldiers】was in no doubt truth.

There is enough evidencec to prove the accusations made by South Korean governmet as labeling Japanese solders were "a rapist","abuductor"and "the enforcer pushing comfort wome into the sexual slavery" shall not be warranted. So American people who have gone through my blog may wonder why Japnese government has never done anything for Japanese solder who gave their life protecting a country yet these solders were disgraced. 

Maybe you have wondered why Japanese government has done nothing for Japanese solders. Also I have asked myself why. However the biggest reason why Japanese government is not able to break or overturn the fiction of comfort women is due to East Asia diplomacy of the United State successive government that come cross my mind.

If Japanese government tried to refute what South Korean government is claiming about comfort women issue , then the East Asia will be going into turmoil due to a disagreement between Japan ,South and North Korea.          The US government is afraid that this might  occur and eventually lead to total breakdown of the post war order system bilt by the United State. Therefore it was a quite possible that Japanese gvernment has been admonished unofficialy by US government not to provoke them . If so there is only one option for Japanese government to do and that is to obey with tear.

I would be deeply hopeful and thankful if the  American people with good sense and sharp judgment will prevent anymore  statues of comfort women and stone monuments been installed.  These objects are built on nothing but the fiction and  the innocent echnic Japnese chiredren are bullied by non- Japanese who are influenced by these objects.

I am finishing my blog artical and I will keep my fingers crossed that my wish come true.


Sicerely Yours      Keisuke Koyama