"Comfort women" were victims of sexual slavery

"Comfort women" were victims of sexual slavery

WASHINGTON, United States - Mike Mochizuki, an associate professor at George Washington University, says in an interview with Kyodo News that women who served in Japanese wartime military brothels can be viewed as victims of sexual slavery as they were recruited against their will.

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