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The Kono Statement of 1993 refers to a statement released by Chief Cabinet secretary Yohei Kono in 1993 after a government study that found that the Japanese Imperial Army might seemingly have forced women, known as so-called comfort women, to work in military-run brothels during World War II. The Japanese government had denied that the women had been coerced until this point because no documents that support South Korean statements have been found.

In the statement, Kono acknowledged that the Japanese Imperial Army had been involved, directly and indirectly, in the establishment of comfort facilities, and that coercion had been used in the recruitment and retention of the women. His subsequent call for historical research and education aimed at remembering the issue became the basis for addressing the subject of forced prostitution in school history textbooks. The statement was welcomed in South Korea. It also led to the creation of the Asian Women's Fund, which provided aid and support to women who had been forced into prostitution during the war.

The statement has been the target of criticism by some conservatives in Japan. Current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during his first term as Prime Minister in 2007, stated that he did not believe women were coerced into working at military brothels. There have been statements by members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) that the current government led by Abe may look into revising the statement. Yoshihide Suga has formed a team to reexamine the "background" of the report.

See also

• Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea
• Lai Đại Hàn
• Asian Women's Fund
• War rape
• Futsukaichi Rest Home

References

1. ^ Sterngold, James (5 August 1993). "Japan Admits Army Forced Women Into War Brothels". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
2. http://www.exordio.com/1939-1945/codex/Documentos/report-49-USA-orig.html
3. Kingston, Jeff (30 May 2012). Contemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s. John Wiley & Sons. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-118-31506-4. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
4. Wakakuwa, Midori; Fujimura-Fanselow, Kumiko (15 March 2011). "Backlash Against Gender Equality After 2000". In Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow (ed.). Transforming Japan: How Feminism and Diversity Are Making a Difference. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 419. ISBN 978-1-55861-700-1. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
5. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; Kazuhiko Togo (30 June 2008). East Asia's Haunted Present: Historical Memories and the Resurgence of Nationalism: Historical Memories and the Resurgence of Nationalism. ABC-CLIO. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-313-35613-1.
6. ^ Ryall, Julian (25 February 2014). "Japan may revise 'comfort women' apology". www.dw.de. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
7. Joyce, Colin (3 March 2007). "Japanese PM denies wartime 'comfort women' were forced". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
8. "Japan to review lead-up to WW2 comfort women statement". www.bbc.com. The BBC. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

External links

• Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono, August 4, 1993
• Report No. 49: Japanese Prisoners of War Interrogation on Prostitution
• Demythologization of the myth of the Comfort Women: Part1. What actually happened
• Endangered Japan: Book2: Sex, Lies, and Comfort Women

• Current events
• Comfort women
• Foreign relations of Postwar Japan
• Heisei period
• 1993 in Japan
• 1993 in international relations