NISHINO Rumiko is co-representative of Violence against Women in War Research Action Center and a core member of the Center for Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility and the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace.KIM Puja is Professor of gender studies and gender history at the Institute of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.ONOZAWA Akane is Professor of modern Japanese history and gender studies at Rikkyō University in Tokyo, Japan.

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• INTRODUCTION, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane PART I: COMFORT WOMEN, THE KŌNO STATEMENT, AND THE QUEST FOR TRUTH 1. The Kōno Statement: Its Historical Significance and Limitations, Yoshimi Yoshiaki 2. Forcible Procurement: What Survivor Testimonies Tell Us, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: Coercion, Sexual Violence, and Rape Centers in Yu County, Shanxi Province, Ikeda Eriko 3. Comfort Women and State Prostitution, Onozawa Akane Insight on the Issues: Guilty Verdicts for the Traffickers of Comfort Women: The Shizuoka and Nagasaki Incidents, Maeda Akira PART II: WHY THE ASIAN WOMEN’S FUND WAS NOT A SOLUTION 4. The Failure of the Asian Women’s Fund: The Japanese Government's Legal Responsibility and the Colonial Legacy, Kim Puja Insight on the Issues: The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, Class B and C War Criminals, and Japan’s Peace Treaty Obligations, Hayashi Hirofumi 5. A Reconciliation Discourse that Shuns Survivors, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: The Mobilization of Korean Adolescents as Comfort Women: Colonialism and the Victimization of Teenage Girls, Kim Puja PART III: A REALISTIC SETTLEMENT IS A SETTLEMENT THAT VICTIMIZED WOMEN CAN ACCEPT 6. Comfort Women, Textbooks, and the Rise of "New Right" Revisionism, Tarwara Yoshifumi 7. The Japan-ROK Claims Settlement and the Comfort Women, Yoshizawa Fumitoshi 8. Listen to Survivors’ Voices! Yang Chingja EPILOGUE: The Struggle for Justice Continues, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane APPENDICES: KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS ON THE COMFORT WOMEN Appendix 1: The Kōno Statement (August 4, 1993) Appendix 2: The Murayama Statement (August 15, 1995) Appendix 3: The Abe Statement (August 14, 2015) Appendix 4: The Japan-ROK Agreement (December 28, 2015) THE REDRESS MOVEMENT: A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS (1988-2017)

NISHINO Rumiko is co-representative of Violence against Women in War Research Action Center and a core member of the Center for Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility and the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace.KIM Puja is Professor of gender studies and gender history at the Institute of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.ONOZAWA Akane is Professor of modern Japanese history and gender studies at Rikkyō University in Tokyo, Japan.

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• INTRODUCTION, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane PART I: COMFORT WOMEN, THE KŌNO STATEMENT, AND THE QUEST FOR TRUTH 1. The Kōno Statement: Its Historical Significance and Limitations, Yoshimi Yoshiaki 2. Forcible Procurement: What Survivor Testimonies Tell Us, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: Coercion, Sexual Violence, and Rape Centers in Yu County, Shanxi Province, Ikeda Eriko 3. Comfort Women and State Prostitution, Onozawa Akane Insight on the Issues: Guilty Verdicts for the Traffickers of Comfort Women: The Shizuoka and Nagasaki Incidents, Maeda Akira PART II: WHY THE ASIAN WOMEN’S FUND WAS NOT A SOLUTION 4. The Failure of the Asian Women’s Fund: The Japanese Government's Legal Responsibility and the Colonial Legacy, Kim Puja Insight on the Issues: The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, Class B and C War Criminals, and Japan’s Peace Treaty Obligations, Hayashi Hirofumi 5. A Reconciliation Discourse that Shuns Survivors, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: The Mobilization of Korean Adolescents as Comfort Women: Colonialism and the Victimization of Teenage Girls, Kim Puja PART III: A REALISTIC SETTLEMENT IS A SETTLEMENT THAT VICTIMIZED WOMEN CAN ACCEPT 6. Comfort Women, Textbooks, and the Rise of "New Right" Revisionism, Tarwara Yoshifumi 7. The Japan-ROK Claims Settlement and the Comfort Women, Yoshizawa Fumitoshi 8. Listen to Survivors’ Voices! Yang Chingja EPILOGUE: The Struggle for Justice Continues, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane APPENDICES: KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS ON THE COMFORT WOMEN Appendix 1: The Kōno Statement (August 4, 1993) Appendix 2: The Murayama Statement (August 15, 1995) Appendix 3: The Abe Statement (August 14, 2015) Appendix 4: The Japan-ROK Agreement (December 28, 2015) THE REDRESS MOVEMENT: A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS (1988-2017)

NISHINO Rumiko is co-representative of Violence against Women in War Research Action Center and a core member of the Center for Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility and the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace.KIM Puja is Professor of gender studies and gender history at the Institute of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.ONOZAWA Akane is Professor of modern Japanese history and gender studies at Rikkyō University in Tokyo, Japan.

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• INTRODUCTION, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane PART I: COMFORT WOMEN, THE KŌNO STATEMENT, AND THE QUEST FOR TRUTH 1. The Kōno Statement: Its Historical Significance and Limitations, Yoshimi Yoshiaki 2. Forcible Procurement: What Survivor Testimonies Tell Us, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: Coercion, Sexual Violence, and Rape Centers in Yu County, Shanxi Province, Ikeda Eriko 3. Comfort Women and State Prostitution, Onozawa Akane Insight on the Issues: Guilty Verdicts for the Traffickers of Comfort Women: The Shizuoka and Nagasaki Incidents, Maeda Akira PART II: WHY THE ASIAN WOMEN’S FUND WAS NOT A SOLUTION 4. The Failure of the Asian Women’s Fund: The Japanese Government's Legal Responsibility and the Colonial Legacy, Kim Puja Insight on the Issues: The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, Class B and C War Criminals, and Japan’s Peace Treaty Obligations, Hayashi Hirofumi 5. A Reconciliation Discourse that Shuns Survivors, Nishino Rumiko Insight on the Issues: The Mobilization of Korean Adolescents as Comfort Women: Colonialism and the Victimization of Teenage Girls, Kim Puja PART III: A REALISTIC SETTLEMENT IS A SETTLEMENT THAT VICTIMIZED WOMEN CAN ACCEPT 6. Comfort Women, Textbooks, and the Rise of "New Right" Revisionism, Tarwara Yoshifumi 7. The Japan-ROK Claims Settlement and the Comfort Women, Yoshizawa Fumitoshi 8. Listen to Survivors’ Voices! Yang Chingja EPILOGUE: The Struggle for Justice Continues, Nishino Rumiko, Kim Puja, Onozawa Akane APPENDICES: KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS ON THE COMFORT WOMEN Appendix 1: The Kōno Statement (August 4, 1993) Appendix 2: The Murayama Statement (August 15, 1995) Appendix 3: The Abe Statement (August 14, 2015) Appendix 4: The Japan-ROK Agreement (December 28, 2015) THE REDRESS MOVEMENT: A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS (1988-2017)