In the #MeToo era, women used as sex slaves by Japanese in WW II are still seen as prostitutes, not victims
MeTooの時代にも売春婦呼ばわりされるWW2日本軍の性奴隷
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/comfort-women-japan-apology-metoo-1.4732458
Despite having issued repeated apologies over the years,
the Japanese government's position in 2018 is that there's no evidence the comfort women were taken against their will.
何年にもわたって謝罪を繰り返してきたにもかかわらず、日本政府は2018年現在「意に反して連れ去られた女性がいた証拠はない」という立場だ。
Kingston calls Prime Minister Abe a historical revisionist, and says there are mountains of evidence to support claims of former sex slaves.
ジェフ・キングストン教授は安倍を歴史修正主義者と呼び、元性奴隷の証言を裏付ける山のような証拠があると言う。
"What they fear the most is they are alive and are telling the truth, but the Japanese government is still denying and still saying they are lying," he said.
（元慰安婦施設のアン氏は）「彼女たちにとって最も脅威なのは、真実を語っているにもかかわらず、日本政府はそれを否定して彼女たちを嘘つき呼ばわりしていることだ」と語る。
"Even with them alive, they are doing that. If they just die, then they are going to be labelled as prostitutes forever."
「彼女たちが生きている現在でさえ、彼らはそうしている。彼女たちが亡くなれば、日本政府は永遠に売春婦のレッテルを貼るだろう」
MeTooの時代にも売春婦呼ばわりされるWW2日本軍の性奴隷
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/comfort-women-japan-apology-metoo-1.4732458
Despite having issued repeated apologies over the years,
the Japanese government's position in 2018 is that there's no evidence the comfort women were taken against their will.
何年にもわたって謝罪を繰り返してきたにもかかわらず、日本政府は2018年現在「意に反して連れ去られた女性がいた証拠はない」という立場だ。
Kingston calls Prime Minister Abe a historical revisionist, and says there are mountains of evidence to support claims of former sex slaves.
ジェフ・キングストン教授は安倍を歴史修正主義者と呼び、元性奴隷の証言を裏付ける山のような証拠があると言う。
"What they fear the most is they are alive and are telling the truth, but the Japanese government is still denying and still saying they are lying," he said.
（元慰安婦施設のアン氏は）「彼女たちにとって最も脅威なのは、真実を語っているにもかかわらず、日本政府はそれを否定して彼女たちを嘘つき呼ばわりしていることだ」と語る。
"Even with them alive, they are doing that. If they just die, then they are going to be labelled as prostitutes forever."
「彼女たちが生きている現在でさえ、彼らはそうしている。彼女たちが亡くなれば、日本政府は永遠に売春婦のレッテルを貼るだろう」
