The Comfort Women Controversy

Sex Slaves or Prostitutes?

Taiwanese " comfort women could earn 200 yen per month."

This video shows a Taiwanese eye witness commenting about the time when Taiwan was under the rule of Japan.

"The South Korean government is telling total lies. For example, regarding the comfort women for Japan in those days, they were all volunteers.
The reason why they volunteered was the wages. At that time, the average civil servant earned about 40 yen per month. Girls in bars and taverns could earn about 50 to 60 yen. However, if they become comfort women, they could earn 200 yen per month. They could earn 4 to 5 times more than the average worker.
So naturally, lots of girls applied voluntarily because when they worked as comfort women, they could live their whole lives using these earnings.
To become a comfort woman, they took out a 2 year contract, and if they worked for 2 years, they could get enough money to live for the rest of their lives.
That’s why so many people applied voluntarily.
Some said they became military nurses and then were forced to become comfort women, but it’s a lie.  

It’s a blatant lie!
At that time, going to a battleground overseas and coming back to Japan as a comfort woman meant that other people might treat you as a spy and accuse you of being a war criminal.
So, everybody forged themselves identities as nurses when they came back, which makes it a complete lie."

 

Note:In a recruitment advertisement by a private company called “Imai Introductory Service” in a newspaper during that time, it said as follows:
Monthly income of 300 yen or more (Advances of up to 3000yen may be granted)

★Pre-borrowing referred to an agreement in which money could be borrowed before you work.

 

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