Today, many of the surviving comfort women are in their 80s.

The first book written by a Korean on the subject of comfort women appeared in 1981.

Like many of the "comfort women," she never married afterward.

He comforts women who have lost their husbands and children.

No matter, I hear the court's full of comforting women now."

Apart from the "comfort women" themselves, no one seemed ready to dispute that reading of history.

This had led many comfort women to deny or disguise their past.

Earlier comfort women were Japanese prostitutes who volunteered for such service.

"Regarding policies toward the comfort women issue and other issues like that, he says they were established by previous governments, right?"

She now lives in a home with three other former comfort women in Seoul.

"Comfort women" are a widely publicised example of sexual slavery.

This was the first postwar mention of the comfort women system and became an important source for 1990s activism on the issue.

Yoshimi is mostly noted for his work regarding the comfort women.

In December 2011 a statue of a young woman was erected to honor the comfort women.

But government officials said that it had no plan to immediately unveil special compensation to former comfort women.

That book contains little mention of the "comfort women."

He said "testimony to the effect that there had been a hunt for comfort women is a complete fabrication."

There is evidence that the Japanese government intentionally destroyed official records regarding comfort women.

"We admit that there were comfort women who traveled with the military," Nakagawa said.

Kaieda specifically remarked that "The comfort women system was not necessary."

Her death leaves just ten surviving Taiwanese comfort women, who are still waiting for an apology.

Many victims of the comfort women system have passed away or are at least 80 years old, which means speed is of the essence.

"I find it hard to believe that he is correct given the evidence uncovered by Japanese historians and the testimony of the comfort women."

The Kono statement in particular has been important in the comfort women issue.