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