Read Japan's Comfort Women Online
Authors: Yuki Tanaka
Tags: #Social Science, #Ethnic Studies, #General
Menado 62
Korea: army dissolved 34; comfort women 9, 10,
menstruation 49, 52–3
11, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 31, 32, 36, 37–44,
Merak 61
45, 84 –6, 172; economic depression 18, 34,
Meulaboh 64
35; First Japan-Korea Convention (1904) 33;
Middle East 101
Government-General 21, 23, 25, 34, 36, 37;
military police, Allied, 93; comfort stations 148, 151;
Japan colonizes 33–7, 172, 180, 181; Japanese
rape by 127–8, 130
treaty of amity (1876) 33; Japan-Korea Annexation
military police, Japanese,
see
kempeitai
Treaty (1910) 34; land ownership 34; licensed
Minami Jir
d
, Gen. 18, 21
prostitutes 36; migrant labour 35; rice exports 34,
minors 49, 97
35; unemployment 18, 34, 35; Second Japan-Korea
Mitsui & Co. 170
Convention (1905) 33; taxation 37; Third Japan—
Mitsukoshi department store 143
Korea Convention (1907) 34; US bases 178;
see also
Miyazawa Hamajir
d
141–2
South Korea
morale 179; American 109; Japanese 11, 22, 24,
Korean War 165
56
Kosovo 177
Motobu Peninsula 111
Kragan 61
Mukden 8
Kramer, Rev. Edmond 106
Mun P’ilgi 26, 39–40, 56, 59
Kupan 81
Muntilan Internment Camp 69–71, 73
Kure 113, 126, 137, 139
Muraoka Iheji 169
Kuroda Hidetoshi 65
murder: Allied 117; Japanese 24, 49, 50, 74, 84
Kuroi Haru
127
My Lai 112
Kyogi Railway 25
Kyonsong,
see
Seoul
Nagai Kiyoshi 151
Kyoto 127, 135
Nagami Toshinori, Lt-Col. 10, 20
210
Index
Nagaoka Takasumi, Rear Adm. 28
Padang 62; Internment Camp 71–2
Nagasaki 10, 125; atomic bomb 165; brothels 168
Padas River 81
Nagayama Yumiko 178
Palau Islands 55
Nagoya 116, 131, 164
Palestine 94 –5
Naha 86
Panama 100
Nakamura Hachir
d
64 –5
passports 26, 27
Nakamura Toshihisa, Rear Adm. 28
Pauley, Edwin 149–50
Nakasone Yasuhiro 78–9
payment,
see
comfort stations
Nakayama Tadanao, Dr 11–12
Peace Maintenance Association 139
Nanchang 15
Pearl Harbor 26, 27, 61, 167
Nanjing, Rape of (1937) 12–19, 29, 45, 116, 133
Penan 28
Nanjing University 45
periods,
see
menstruation
Nanshi 15
Persia 93
Nanxiang 15
Persian Gulf 97, 177
narcotics,
see
drugs
Perth 103, 171
Nazis 32, 104, 109
Peterson, Maj-Gen. Virgil 100
Ness, Eliot 101–2
Philippines 63, 109, 177, 178, 181; comfort women
National Catholic Welfare Conference 107
31, 44 –50; guerrillas 48–9; Japanese sexual
National Salvation Party 146–7
violence 47–9
National Virtues Federation 140
physical abuse 57, 117, 176;
see also
indecency
and
Neighbourhood Associations 41
rape
New Caledonia 107
Pingquan 11
New Guinea 81
police and procurement,
see
procurement
New Zealand 126
Pontianak 79
NHK 114
Poorten, Gen. Ter 61
Nias Island 71
Port Arthur,
see
Lushun
Nimitz, Adm. Chester 116
Portland 91
Ningbo 168
power rape,
see
rape
Nippon Kangy
d
Gink
d
142–3
Pramoeda Ananta Tur 80
Nippon Kinr
d
sha D
d
mei 140
pregnancy and abortion 53, 74
Nippon no TeisD
127
Problem of VD in 7 Aust. Div. During Fifteen Months in the
Nishihira Junichi 52
Middle East
,
The
94 –5
Nishiki 120
procurement: abduction 44 –5, 48, 49; brothel owners
Nishinomiya 136
14 –15, 19, 23, 27, 35–6, 173; coercion 13–15, 19,
Nomoto Genjr
d
141
26, 45, 67, 72–7; deception 37, 38–9, 42, 43–4,
North Borneo 81
45, 67, 79, 80, 140, 147, 169; internment camps
Noumea 107
45, 67–72, 73, 74 –5, 76; kempeitai and 20, 22, 26,
Nozaki Seiji, Lt-Gen. 72, 76–7
27, 69; kidnapping 23, 44 –5, 78, 117, 118, 120,
nurses 39, 42, 44, 80
121, 169, 170, 173; labor brokers 23, 37, 38–9, 41,
42, 44, 45, 135, 145, 169, 173; newspapers 146;
Odajima Kaoru, Col. 76
police and 39–40, 135, 137; professional prostitutes
Office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied
18, 19; purchase 168–9; smuggling 167, 169;
Power 124 –5
students 138–40; sub-contractors 38–40
Okabe Naozabur
d
, Lt-Gen. 10, 16, 20, 21
prophylactic chemicals,
see
venereal disease Okada Keiji, Maj. 72–3, 74, 76
prophylactic stations,
see
venereal disease Okada Tasabur
d
140
prostitutes: Australian 102–3; Dutch 64 –6; Japanese
Okajima Toshiharu, Capt. 79
(
karayuki-san
) 31–2, 35–6, 66, 97, 167–73, 182, Okamoto Takeshi 136
(
YDpan
) 162; Korean 35–6
Okamura Yasuji, Gen. 10, 20, 28, 29
Prostitution and Venereal Disease in Caribbean Bases
100
Okinawa 109, 110–12; Battle of (1945) 47, 52, 57, 59,
Prostitution within the Caribbean Area
100
85, 110–12, 116, 178; US base 178
Psychological Warfare Team, US Army 42, 84 –5
Okinawa Prefectural Historical Archives 111
Psychological Warfare: Interrogation Bulletin No. 2
85
Okinawan Women Against Military Violence 112
Pusan 38, 40
i
kubo Tomo, Col. 72, 76
i
kura Kihachir
d
, Baron 149
Qinxian 26
only-san,
see
temporary wives
Quarry Heights 100
Operation Iceberg,
see
Okinawa, Battle of Ordway, Col. G, Jr 106
racism: Australian 103; Dutch 83; Japanese 29, 31–2,
Oriental Development Company 34
35, 147
Ormoc 47
Rangoon 42
Osaka 41, 131, 135, 140
ransom 47
Osaka, Maj. 13
rape: Allied 110–12, 116–27, 127–30, 148–9, 163–4,
Osborn, Brig-Gen. F. H. 99, 100
166, 178, 179, 180; Australian 97, 149; Bosnia xvi,
i
shiro Masayasu 111
50, 174 –5, 181; comfort stations and prevention
i
take 137
10, 12, 27, 32, 173; Dutch 82; economic
i
take Bungo 141, 142
exploitation 131–2; gang-rape 110–12, 140;
i
ya S
d
ichi 65
Japanese 13, 14, 16, 24, 28–9, 38, 45–6, 47–8,
Index
211
61, 62, 63, 64, 74, 75, 79, 82, 84, 97; mentally
SOFA 181
handicapped 122; military perception of women 87;
Somalia 177
power rape 29, 176–7; reasons for 176–9; Russian
Sompok 73
59, 179;
see also
indecency
and
physical abuse South Africa 167
rape camps, Bosnian xvi, 50, 174 –5, 181
South Army Cadet School 72
Ready, Rt Rev. Mgr Michael 107
South East Asia Translation and Interrogation Centre
Re-born Public Enterprise, Leisure Division 139
85
Recreation and Amusement Association 141–50, 152,
South Korea 181
153, 157, 161, 162, 163
Southern Manchurian Railway 25, 172
recruitment,
see
procurement
Soviet Union 18
Red Cross: abuse of 81
Special Comfort Facilities Association,
see
Recreation restaurants 9, 36, 37, 71, 135, 161
and Amusement Association
Reynolds, Brig-Gen. Russell 91
spies 14, 30, 45
Ridgely, Col. 159
Stimson, Henry 107
robbery by Allies 148
Straits Settlement 168
Robert’s Field 92
students 138–40
Rogers, Col. John 88, 90
Su Zhiliang, Prof. 45
Roman Catholicism 106
Subic Bay 178
Rouen 175
Sugai, Gen. 86
Ruff-O’Herne, Jan 74 –5
Sugiyama Hajime 23
Russo-Japanese War (1904 –5) 10–11, 33, 168, 171,
suicide 59, 74, 80, 81, 114, 116, 149, 170
172
Sukarno Martodiharjo 79–80
Rwanda 177
Sumatra 59, 61, 64, 71–2
Sumawono Internment Camp 73
St Lucia 99
Sumida River 149
Saka Nobuya 141, 142
Sumiyati 80
Sakhalin 11
Surabaya 28, 66, 77–8
Salinas 100–1
Surinam 99
Sallet, 1st Lt 131
Swift, Col. 86–7
Salzmann family 61–2
Swing, Gen. 123–4
San Francisco Peace Treaty (1951) 158
Sydney University 103
San Nicholas 100
Syria 95
sandfly fever 97
Sangenjaya 149
Tachikawa Imperial Army airbase 121, 148
Sasagawa Ry
d
hei 140
Tacloban 47
Sasagawa Ry
d
ichi 138, 140–1
Taegu 26, 50
Sasebo 155
Taft, Mr 102
Sat
d
Yukinori, Lt-Gen. 72
Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation 43, 44
SCAP 86, 161, 162
Taiwan 20, 180, 181; comfort women 15, 23, 26, 27,
security,
see
spies
31, 32, 37–44, 45; Government-General 23, 25
Seik
d
153
Takamure Itsue 182
Sekisei Kai 140
Takanori Shakutoku 141, 142
Semarang 62, 66, 69, 72–7
Takarazuka 136
Senda Kako xv
Takita Natsue 149
Seoul 22, 36, 42, 86–7; Municipal Office 35
Tanaka, Yuki xv–xvi
Sewaki Kazuto 167–8
Tanaka Ry
e
kichi 27
sex slavery 173
Tanjung Priok 79
shame 81
Tarakan 62
Shanghai: Army Headquarters Hospital 14; comfort
Task Force on Filipina Comfort Women 48
stations 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 39, 58; Japanese
Tateyama 120
brothels 8, 10, 168
taxi dancers 146, 148, 150, 155
Shanghai Incident: first (1932) 8–9, 10; second (1937)
temporary wives 165
13, 168, 172
Terada Masao, Lt-Col. 20, 21
Shanghai Normal University 45
Terauchi Hisaichi, Gen. 21
Shikauchi Nobutaka 24
Thailand 56, 81
Shimabara 168
Tianjing 18
Shirakawa Yoshinori, Gen. 20
tickets,
see
comfort stations: payment
Sincerity Association 140
Timoa Island 81
Singadikarto 79
Timor 44, 78, 81
Singapore 66, 76, 79, 80, 167; Chinese prostitutes
Tjepoc 61
169; comfort stations 39; Japanese brothels 168,
T
d
g
d
Shigenori 27
169
Tokashiki Island 59
Sino-Japanese War: (1894–5) 33; (1937–45) 10, 13,
Tokushu Ian Shisetsu Ky
d
kai 142
15, 18, 24, 37
Tokyo, 147, 152; Allied GHQ 152; bombed 127, 145;
Siti Fatimah 79
earthquake (1923) 35; evacuation 113; International
smuggling of women,
see
procurement
Palace 153–5; Metropolitan Police 124, 125, 134,
So Shindo 53
141, 142, 145, 152, 153, 155, 161; Nakamura
212
Index
Hospital 163; Preventive Health Department 156;
Venezuela 100
red-light districts 15, 152, 157; shopping districts
Verbeek, Mrs 62
142, 143, 146, 152; University 165; US troops
Vietnam War xvi, 60, 112, 175, 177, 179
arrive in 115, 116, 121; Yoshiwara City Hospital
Vladivostok 10, 167–8, 170
156
Tokyo Metropolitan Association of Licensed Brothels
Wagner, Robert 106
141
waitresses 9, 36
Tokyo Metropolitan Association of the Restaurant
Warella, Mrs 62
and Bar Industry 141
Weisbach, Maj. Phillip 151–2
Tokyo University 165
Weston,
see
Beaufort
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal 29, 61, 62, 84, 87, 64,
Willow Run,
see
Tokyo: International Palace 67
Wilson, Maj. 129–30
Tomita Kenji 25
women’s villages 92
torture by Japanese 50–1, 56, 74
Women’s Voluntary Labor Service Corps 40, 41
Townsville 102, 103
Women’s Voluntary Labor Service Law (1944) 40,
trafficking in women xvi, 25–6, 33
41–2
Trinidad 100
Women’s Volunteer Corps 138, 139, 143
Tripoli 96–7
Wood, Col. W. A., Jr 88
Tsukada Osamu, Maj-Gen. 20
World War, First 114, 175
Tsushima Toshiichi 142
Wright, Prof. R. D. 103
Wuhan 15, 28
Ulio, Maj-Gen. J. A. 108–9
Wuhu 15
Umezu Yoshijir
d
, Lt-Gen. 18, 21, 23
Wusong 15
United States of America: black GIs 103; comfort
women 167; 8th Army 123, 124, 151, 155, 157,
Xuzhou 15
163; 1st Cavalry 123, 152; 41st Engineers 92;
G-1 90, 91, 92, 100, 102; G-2 87; General Staff