The first "comfort station" was established in the Japanese concession in Shanghai
Imperial Army medical records for venereal disease treatment
Ten Dutch women were taken by force from prison camps in Java by officers of the Japanese Imperial Army to become forced sex slaves
Tamura Taijiro wrote "a prostitue's story" about the comfort women. this was the first exposure to the world about comfort women.
one Japanese woman has published her testimony. first one ever.
Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery filed suit, demanding compensation
historian Yoshiaki Yoshimi discovered incriminating documents in the archives of Japan's Defense Agency. According to Yoshimi, they indicated that the military was directly involved in running the brothels
Prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa presented formal apologies for the suffering of the victims during a trip to South Korea
Asahi Shimbun, one of the major newspapers of Japan, ran a series on comfort women for a year
After some government studies into the matter, Yohei Kono, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese government, issued a statement
Japan set up an "Asia Women's Fund" for atonement
apology was made by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
UN report listed their findings regarding Japan's guilt and liability
Gay J. McDougall released a report based on prior UN investigation on the matter
