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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

MANILA, Philippines - Hilaria Bustamante, a former Filipino "comfort woman," talks about her experiences in Japanese wartime military brothels on Oct. 2, 2014, in Manila, the Philippines, while presenting a letter of apology she received from then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

DAEGU, South Korea - Lee Yong Soo, a former South Korean "comfort woman," talks about her life in the country's southeastern city of Daegu on Oct. 6, 2014. Through recounting her experiences as a "comfort woman" in Japanese wartime military brothels, she has become a symbol of Korean sex slaves.

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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian woman, who only goes by the name Miyem, says on Sept. 20, 2014, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta on Java Island, Indonesia, that she was abducted by Japanese soldiers during World War II and was forced to have sex day and night.

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Ex-sex slaves from Taiwan seek apology, compensation from Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Six women in Taiwan who were forced to serve as ''comfort women'' for the Japanese military during World War II lodge a protest on Aug. 15 in Taipei, seeking apologies and compensation from the Japanese government.

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Ex-sex slaves urge Arroyo to take up their cause against Japan

MANILA, Philippines - About 30 Philippine women forced into prostitution by the Japanese military during World War II and their families hold a rally near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on Feb. 28, urging President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to take up their cause and ask Japan for an official apology.

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Ex-sex slaves from Taiwan demand compensation from Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Five Taiwanese women forced into Japanese military brothels during World War II stage a protest April 29 with their supporters in front of Japan's unofficial mission in Taiwan, the Interchange Association's Taipei Office, to demand for compensation from the Japanese government.

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Ex-sex slaves press for rescreening of history textbooks

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Kum Ju (C), 82, and Kim Un Rye (R), 76, two South Korean women who say they were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers during World War II, press for another screening of some controversial history textbooks during their visit to the education ministry April 26.

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Japan urged to apologize to, compensate ex-sex slaves

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Yayori Matsui (R), head of the Violence Against Women in War and Conflict Situations Network, Japan, and Gabrielle McDonald (2nd from R), former president of the war crimes tribunal on the former Yugoslavia, together with former Korean ''comfort woman'' Hwang Gum Ju (3rd from R) at a news conference in New York where Hwang call for an official apology and compensation on March 8 from the Japanese government for using hundreds of thousands of women as sex slaves before and during World War II.

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Ex-sex slaves press for rescreening of history textbooks

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Kum Ju (C), 82, and Kim Un Rye (R), 76, two South Korean women who say they were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers during World War II, press for another screening of some controversial history textbooks during their visit to the education ministry April 26.

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Ex-sex slaves from Taiwan seek apology, compensation from Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Six women in Taiwan who were forced to serve as ''comfort women'' for the Japanese military during World War II lodge a protest on Aug. 15 in Taipei, seeking apologies and compensation from the Japanese government. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sex slaves urge Arroyo to take up their cause against Japan

MANILA, Philippines - About 30 Philippine women forced into prostitution by the Japanese military during World War II and their families hold a rally near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on Feb. 28, urging President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to take up their cause and ask Japan for an official apology. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

MANILA, Philippines - Hilaria Bustamante, a former Filipino "comfort woman," talks about her experiences in Japanese wartime military brothels on Oct. 2, 2014, in Manila, the Philippines, while presenting a letter of apology she received from then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sex slaves from Taiwan demand compensation from Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Five Taiwanese women forced into Japanese military brothels during World War II stage a protest April 29 with their supporters in front of Japan's unofficial mission in Taiwan, the Interchange Association's Taipei Office, to demand for compensation from the Japanese government.

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Japan urged to apologize to, compensate ex-sex slaves

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Yayori Matsui (R), head of the Violence Against Women in War and Conflict Situations Network, Japan, and Gabrielle McDonald (2nd from R), former president of the war crimes tribunal on the former Yugoslavia, together with former Korean ''comfort woman'' Hwang Gum Ju (3rd from R) at a news conference in New York where Hwang call for an official apology and compensation on March 8 from the Japanese government for using hundreds of thousands of women as sex slaves before and during World War II.