On Thursday, May 14 at 19:30 GMT:



How should Japan deal with its World War II-era legacy of "comfort women"? Some historians say up to 200,000 women were raped in Japanese military brothels from 1931-1945. Many were abducted, while others were lured with promises of factory work, only to be forced into sexual slavery. Now elderly survivors want an apology from a Japanese government critics accuse of whitewashing their history.

In this episode, we speak with:



Phyllis Kim @PhyllisKimLA

Executive Director, Korean American Forum of California

kaforumca.org



Kanako Kimura

Former member, Association for The Advancement of Unbiased History

Yujiro Taniyama @YujiroTaniyama

Filmmaker, “Scottsboro Girls”

JapanBroadcasting.net



Laura Hein

Professor of Japanese History, Northwestern University

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