Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from ...

A key goal for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in the wartime labor dispute with Japan is to ensure his plan does not end in failure like the 2015 “comfort women” agreement, sources said.

An appellate court in South Korea last month ordered Japan to compensate the 16 “comfort women,” overturning a lower court ruling that had dismissed the case. Appeals must be filed within two ...

Japan’s decision to end its contribution to the U.N.’s top gender equality body could hardly come at a worse time, both ...

It commemorates the Filipino “comfort women”, who were forced to work as sexual slave labor in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Soon thereafter, a spokeswoman from Japan’s ...

The agreement streamlines intelligence sharing between the U.S., Japan and South Korea about North Korean nuclear activity. It automatically renews annually unless one of the countries decides to ...

International Women’s Day, pink poppies and roses filled the chair next to a recently installed Statue of Peace in Cologne, Germany. The seat is left empty and available for anyone, inviting onlookers ...

The statue, installed in 2011, depicts a girl dressed in a chima jeogori, a modified form of hanbok from the late 19th to early 20th century, with small hands and short hair, sitting and staring at ...