Harvard professor sparks outrage with claims about Japan's 'comfort women'

Academics reject J Mark Ramseyer’s claim women were not forced into sexual slavery during second world warA Harvard University professor has sparked outrage among fellow academics and campaigners after claiming that women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military had chosen to work in wartime brothels.J Mark Ramseyer, a professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard Law School, challenged the accepted narrative that as many as 200,000 “comfort women” – mostly Koreans, but also Chinese, south-east Asians and a small number of Japanese and Europeans – were coerced or tricked into working in military brothels between 1932 and Japan’s defeat in 1945. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/08/harvard-professor-sparks-outrage-with-claims-about-japans-comfort-women #japan #second_world_war #south_korea #north_korea #harvard_university #us_news #world_news