Abstract
The complex relationship between domestic politics and war issues makes war guilt a controversial topic in Japan. Japan’s World War II occupation of a substantial part of Asia left indelible scars. The Nanking Massacre and the plight of the Korean “comfort women,” stand out among examples of Japanese cruelty during the war era. The “Rape of Nanking” occurred in late 1937 when the Japanese Imperial Army took control of the city of Nanking,
China, and slaughtered, mutilated, and raped anywhere between 100,000 to 350,000 Chinese. “Comfort women” were officially provided to the rampaging Imperial troops in the field; as many as 200,000 women, mostly Korean but also Burmese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Filipino, Indonesian, and Dutch, were forced into prostitution.
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