Meet Estelita Dy: A Filipino Comfort Woman Survivor | STAY CURIOUS #13
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- Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2019
- A while back, we had a chance to talk with Madame Kim, a Korean human rights activist who was forced into sex slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during the WWII. She passed away shortly after our interview. After we aired our interview, we were made aware of the existence of the so called “Comfort Women” in other Asian countries. In particular, we connected with Estelita Dy in the Philippines, one of the 200 Filipino women who were forced into sex slavery during the WWII. Our Asian Boss reporter Joshua visited her and sat down to listen to her story.
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Worst part is until now Japan still denies their war crimes
So does *every* other country.
Michael Jones Germany doesn’t
@@lilibayou
Germany *_can't._* ; (
Stein except they have apologies multiple times.
@@MichaelJonesC-4-7 what do you mean germany cant they could have moved on without teaching their children and without apologising after the allies left so it was indeed a choice
her silence and emotion before she said that she was raped tells that up until now, even reaching that age, she was still in deep misery because of what happened to her. damn that must’ve felt hellish.
@Da Da murica dropped bombs and nuked japan, killed millions but does the government see the US as a war criminal?
@Da Da
@Da Da Japan militarily forced Koreans as a colony of Japan after much silenced resistance and rebellion resulting in genocide of thousands and thousands of innocent Korean civilians. There were 400,000 Korean adolescents kidnapped into forced sex slavery for the Japanese imperial army who served an average of 37 men per day. Most survivors were slaughtered by Japanese soldiers right after Japan surrendered to the US so that they could never talk about what happened. Only a few hundred came home to Korea alive--mostly from camps that the US raided where the Japanese didn't have time to kill the surviving sex slaves off. The things you accuse Korea of are incorrect. Korea NEVER "sided" with Japan. That's like brutally raping and torturing someone and lying about it and saying "But she wanted to have sex with me!!!"
janaaa 😭
@Da Da Alright dumbass, just ignore the other Asian countries still upset over Japan's historic brutality (ie. China) and keep believing your one-sided narrative.
"tira ng hapon" or "japanese leftovers" are the usual names given to those young women who were raped during the japanese occupation.
It's really painful to know that from all the pain and trauma that you experienced, you still have to suffer more because of the terrible community before.
Imagine getting sexually abused in the worst way possible and have the people from your society degrade you even more for it. Something entirely out of your control. Pure torture.
@@violetsparkles5453 I know right? I hope that these women found the peace they deserve.
@@KillerQueen-gx4vb It's sad to see how much women have suffered in the world. And people ask me why I'm a feminist... As if that's a bad word.
今世界には銅像が必要だ😡😡😡😡
目を覚ませ！😡😡😡😡
What's worse are their husband's who abandoned them and treated them dirtily.
7:57 Philippines has this weird ongoing vision that if you were a rape victim, it is your fault. It disgust me honestly.
Thank you for covering this story. It must be so painful to retell every single detail. This is heartbreaking.
It's not just Filipino women. It's every rape victim there is. So long as we have a society that views rape victims as dirty women, that mentality will not go out. I used to work as a volunteer for shelter for women with "unwanted" pregnancies who does not have the courage to face the world pregnant but who had the courage to carry the baby to full term..and to this day, I still recall every single one of them carries the guilt of being raped. Every single one...
A lot of cultures have this notion that rape is shameful on the victim, even tho it's like an extreme version shaming someone for getting suckerpunched in the face. It's not your fault. It causes even more suffering.
@@livinglifeinaluggage And today we have false rape charges being thrown around further cheapening these rape victims.
It happened to other countries too.
Justice must be given to those who truly needed.
I hope Asian Boss would put Japanese subtitles so Japanese people would get to learn what really happened during the WW2
Japanese people don't care. To them they were the biggest victims of World War 2 because they got nuked. Their atrocities are just propaganda. That's how deluded they are when it comes to ww2
They were brainwashed.
@@CaranLonde all of the soldiers of other countries did this. fo example, what American soldiers did to German and Polish women at the end of the ww2, or what the korean soldiers did on the vietnam war. I know the Japanese Imperialism was ruthless, and they have to apologize but also every single country that participate in the wars have to apologize, in war the most affected are the kids and women, but all of you seems to forget that.
Japanese soldiers consisted of Japanese + Korean + Taiwanese. Similarly, comfort women are about 50% Japanese, about 40% Korean and Taiwanese, and about 10% Chinese and Southeast Asians. The situation in the Philippines is different from other Southeast Asian countries. Japan supported and cooperated with the independence of the Philippines, but before that, there was an agreement between the Philippines and the United States to make the Philippines independent. The Filipino believed a promise with the United States and fought bravely against the Japanese military. It is thought that it is the reason that a Filipino comfort woman has few.
For the same reason, rape by Japanese soldiers occurred frequently in the Philippines.
Women who have been kidnapped by Japanese soldiers do not work as comfort women. This is because there is a military secret in the garrison, and there was a risk that comfort women could convey information about the Japanese army to enemy countries.
If they say they were “kidnapped by Japanese soldiers”, they are more likely to have been victims of a mass rape case than they were comfort women.
This is a separate issue from the comfort women issue, but Japan needs to respond sincerely.
The problem is, in japanese system, woman still hold no posisition or whatsoever. Their patriarchial system is still so bad. Woman’s value is not that great in man’s eyes
My grandmother lived through this. She used to tell me how she would hide in the woods when the japanese came.
Yes many women in the Philippines would cut their hair short and climb trees in the woods to hide
It is really painful watching this. She won't be able to forget these. I just hope and pray that she'll and other women who experienced such treatments be blessed abundantly and have a very special place in heaven.
Da Da korea apologized to Vietnam in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2013, 2017, and 2018. Also this is about comfort women from Philippines why are you commenting about koreans
@Da Da dont belittle these women and their stories. And do proper research.
Da Da ha? hatdog
"If Filipinos found out ur raped, they start to think very lowly of you"
Take the context from a Filipina here. In our country, it's more of a shame to have a rape victim in the family than to have a rapist in the family. Still the same to this day. Here, relatives would harbor rapists/offenders hiding from the law but would shoo away victims hiding from shame. Not always the case they say but in the cases I know, it's always the same.
we need to stop idolizing the japanese and thinking they are the good people their kindness are fake and they are not polite people it's all made up for public image only for themselves, japanese media censors anything about ww2 and never talk about it they invented anime to make future generation to forget ww2 and never think of them anymore so everytime we think of japan we think of anime instead of their actions in ww2 this is the reason why anime was invented is to make us forget about ww2 actions of japan they are sanitizing their public image
The way it continues to this day disgusts me. The way the Japanese embassy asked that we take down a statue made in tribute to these survivors makes me want to burn someone, including the government who capitulated for no good reason.
The comment above me is a bit extreme in assuming an individual Japanese persons intentions but…as a collective society, it’s true in how poorly the Japanese government handles its own history. They’re more concerned with trying to forget what they have no business forgetting. And for what? Every time I see a Japanese person come visit us and then learn about their history from us or from other Asian countries, their efforts are in vain. If anything, their people become even *more* ashamed when they find out the hard way as opposed to if they were told the truth from the start. The way some people idolize and glorify Japan just isn’t healthy.
Why the victim is the one to feel ashamed and not the r4p1st? Your country is sexist af. Shame on you.
That’s so sad, i hope things get better
they'd defend the rapist and shame the girl when she did absolutely nothing wrong 💀 pathetic
As a Filipino myself, i hate the kids of the comfort women who refused to accept what hapoened to their mothers.
Yes exactly, the audacity to shame their own mothers after what they went through.
@@kaorin2356 changing the subject
Red herring fallacy
You don't know what red herring fallacy means. Because you're stupid 😆
@@bluefire9113 っせーんだよks
This propagandist is here again
@@ekeneo1252 pain
"I was ashamed that I was raped by the Japanese." Words can't describe the sadness I feel from hearing this.
It breaks my heart countless times 😭😭😭 knowing Filipinas before even if you were touched on the hand you need to get married then worst she became a comfort woman 😭😭😭
I feel rage
heart breaking. it was not her fault. why she should be ashamed of, not Japanese government.
@@Lia3349 Exactly! SHE is the one who lives with 70+ years of shame and humiliation...SHE..who did NOTHING has to live with it, and doesn't even get an "I'm sorry" from the Japanese government. Ugh.
I came to the comment section to say the same thing. Heartbreaking.
It breaks my heart that the children of some of these women who were raped and abused could not accept their own mother when they found out about it. That they would rather have their mothers stay silent to avoid criticism. They were victims. They did nothing wrong.
moxie
Exactly. What a lack of empathy. They care about their own pride more than anything else. How sad imo.
@George Costarica some people can easily judge others. Some people cannot sympathize and would rather find fault or blame the victims instead. It took them years before they started rallying as you can see from the pictures. Instead of blaming their mother or thinking about other people's views and opinions, they could have supported their mothers instead. How hard it must have been for those women knowing that their own children could not accept them. So i ask you the same, Let's say your sibling, daughter or mother was raped? Will you be proud? Me, I may not be able to accept that kind of reality at first. However, should i stay silent about it because of how other people will judge you and the victim?
Kids don't really understand what it means yet. They don't have the emotional maturity to empathize.
Da Da it is not true who are going to criticize such events long times ago and that happened beyond all the women wills , we never critics such actions even if in modern girls become call girls because we didn't know how harus their life , come to facts that it is most hurting feeling for these comfort women than their families are , shame to the families if they think should avoided these women who suffered mentally and physically , give them some good words
@George Costarica she was a rape victim. Keyword victim not prostitute. You seem to lack empathy for what she went through. Theres nothing to be proud of what she went through, but she survived. She survived to tell her story that so many people want to shame and silence her such as yourself for example.
“I was ashamed of myself” such painful words. For victims has always been shamed by society for something they didnt do and is living through the scars and misery they never deserved. Lola you have nothing to be ashamed of
the shame should be on the perpetrators, not the victims.
My grandma was almost in her shoes. She told me that she was spotted by a Japanese soldier
with her mother while they were out, then asked my great grandma to "marry" her. She's half chinese /filipino mestiza, and my grandma thought that's why she became a target. My great grandma took her to another city to hid her as soon as that happened, and when that same soldier went to their house after with a wedding dress in hand and learning that she wasn't there, that soldier viciously attacked her mother. Her mother couldn't defend herself because the Japanese garrison were just a block away from their house, she could be good as dead as well. Their law was that if a Filipino kill a Japanese soldier, they would kill another 5 Filipinos in return. Grandma was just in her teens at that time. That's how evil the Japanese soldiers back then.
I watched a movie about the uprising of the tribes in Taiwan. Just some Japanese were killed and they returned killing the whole village.
Never stop having this conversation. Please I request you to spread it as much as possible and talk about those victims. We don't want this history to be erased. They should be remembered and people need to know how recent these incidents were because generations later we still hear about them.
A friend of mine had his dad dig a huge hole and covered it with banana leaves and would hide his wife when the japanese came.
We, Filipinos, usually look up to Japan because of the people's discipline and how well their economy is. But, thinking that they continue to deny and don't teach their disgusting atrocities during WWII makes me sick of them.
Some of them acknowledge what happened but a lot of them are too proud to admit
I wouldn’t say proud, I’ll say ashamed. Japanese like to safe face a lot
Their economy isn’t doing so good anymore with a debt problem
weightycarlos with deflation
Yes!!! Japan is indeed an admirable country, and we should not point fingers at the japanese people, specially the younger generation, but their government have to acknowledge this very ugly chapter of their history. 😠😠😠
My grandmother almost became one of these comfort women. Her father, the barangay captain (cabeza de barangay) at the time, was buried alive by the Japanese. Coincidentally, at 6:25, she mentioned Talisay, which is a place in Batangas, and where my family lived near as well, and where my great grandfather was the barangay captain. Going back to my grandmother, fearing for her life, she ran through the forest and managed to hide inside a well, gashing her leg on the rocks in her escape. She would constantly tell me her life story, and show me the leg scar. I appreciate my moments with my grandmother, this insightful interview with this amazing person, and the crew and interviewers of Asian Boss. Thank you for shedding light and revealing events that are not within public awareness.
Your grandma is a courageous woman! 👍
Justice for Raidaihan and Orange Agent victims 👆
Bless your grandmother...
My maternal grandfather died fighting the Japanese soldiers. Japanese are mean. I heard my mom said how horrendous these invaders are. She saw a man being stabbed by bayonet and also a baby being thrown in the air then stabbed by bayonet. They are heartless people.
My mom, a 9 year kid at that time when the Japanese came, had to study under the Japanese regime. If they forgot bow for every person that they saw, they would be smacked by the head.
If your grandma is not opposed to it, you should interview her and share on RUclips. Every story counts.
My great grandma hid this secret from us for atleast 60 years and until then when she was in her deathbed she told us about her sufferings and the pain she went through as a teenager
:(
not even teenager she was like 10 because when she was talking about enrolling in school she said she only got to the 6th grade (11 year olds) until she left for manilla
@@dvalin. ☹️
The fact that she doesn't even blame the Japanese soldiers is so incredibly amazing. She is such a strong woman. As a gen z I know it is my job and my generations job to keep the stories alive and justified.
That came from her Catholic Faith, you forgive and let God take care of things.
@@angiecoers6255 that's very wrong, she should not forgive her captors, if you yourself got caught and become their doll for a month would you even forgive them?
@@overbored617 They are just tired of hate. More than anyone, victims are desperate for the world to be a better place. Doesn't mean govs should ignore their sufferings and stop seeking justice for the victims though.
@@chickensoup9869 so just be forgotten into oblivion? i refuse that conclusion if it we're me
@@overbored617 There is a psychological reason for their forgiveness. They want to move on so they can live. Trust it hurts the victims the most to keep talking about it, to even talk about it. It is psychologically reasonable. I also said their govs should keep seeking justice for them, regardless of whether the victims forgive or not, and keep pressuring Japan into concessing to educate their citizens about the atrocities committed by the imperial army. It is for their own good too, the Japanese women are treated horribly because it has become something culturally ingrained in Japanese society to dehumanize women.
This is so upsetting. I am from Okinawa, Japan and we learned about this in school. Unfortunately, most Japanese schools don’t talk about it, because they want to forget. But we can never forget, Imperial Japan hurt everyone in Asia, not just the people inside Japan. I am sorry for my ancestors and what they did to innocent people.
@Kirsten Dirken That doesn't make things better but only worse, so "no worries" is nonsense.
@Kirsten Dirken what do you mean "no worries"? People got their lives destroyed
Well my great grandfather was from okinawa his family name was Higa. They went in our hometown before the war occured they live there as an ordinary foreigners were she met my great granny and got married in the catholic church but sad to say his family doesn’t recognized us and they hate us they couldn’t accept the fact that he got married into a filipina and had a child.
as a Filipina, thanks. I hope one day your govt acknowledges the atrocities they committed towards these lolas (grandmothers). I think what you guys can do at this point is to spread awareness and correct misinformation- it’s the least we can do for these women. よろしくお願いします。
@@silhouetteminimalist1190 Your father's family is idiotic for not accepting your mother. Filipinas are a thousand times more beautiful than Japonesas.
I'm a Filipina married to a Japanese man. When we are still dating, being both history nerds, it came to a point where we discussed our countries' dark past that was WW2. We even visited some historical sites here and it was a gut wrenching ordeal for him. He told me he never knew this side of history when he was studying in Japan. I have no beef with Japanese today but I agree with my husband that the Japanese government should have accountability on this issue. Forgive but not forget. Will definitely share this video to my husband.
EDIT: I understand other people's views here but hear me out--- this is largely an inter government issue and my husband and I are just mere individuals who met, dated and eventually married. I think it's dumb if I refuse marriage on him just because he's Japanese. People have other individual aspects that goes beyond nationality. I guess, for us, letting him aware that our countries had a dark past is some huge thing for him to be educated. Having him feelings of remorse and even apologized to me (I'm sure it's not enough for most of you) is the very least he can do and having us accept the dark fact and go on with our lives is the logical thing to do.
@ogidokki I think it's wrong to hide the wrongdoings but Japan did apologize to Korea though. You can look it up.
I had a similar experience with my boyfriend in Tokyo during my exchange year. He had never heard of the comfort women. And he was a university graduate. On another note, there was a history expert and school book author who filed numerous lawsuits against the government approval agency for textbooks. His name was Saburo Ienaga, and he wanted the truth in those textbooks. Unfortunately he died and the text books still don't contain all of the truth, but it still is important to know that not all Japanese accept it.
Iba kasi itinuturo sa kanila ng mga jap. Gov. Ang alam lang nila is sila yung biktima na gawa ng ametica
@@sh1yo7 he died?
True, German admitted the Nazi's war crimes but Japanese government still refuse.
It's rare to hear an interview from Filipino where the speaker speaks around 90-95% Filipino, and uses English loan words sparingly.
Same but with urdu. It's lost its touch because people add too many English words to it smh
Yeah Filipino before started to consume English loanwords in the generation of the 80s kids onwards before that they most likely spoke Filipino purely.
@@fatimahshahab2811 Same with Hindi.
@@user-pz4et9pl7p same with Malayalam
@@pure_heroinne hey, could I ask you something? Is your everyday language half Malaysian half English? Do you use only loanwords or even other linguistic phenomena?
I remember my grandmother talking about this when I was a kid. She said she would disguise herself along with her younger sister. They put on make up that made them look older and cut their hair short. I never really understood the context of her story as a child, but as an adult now and hearing this, I can’t help but feel deep sadness for all the women affected by this in that time. I don’t know if my grandma and her sister were raped, but that doesn’t matter because the pain of the women who were raped is real and lingering... I just hope their stories won’t be washed away and forgotten with time.
Words cannot express how BRAVE this beautiful lady is or how inspiring her story, and the story of others like her, is. She suffered horrors that are unimaginable to most modern women, particularly western women, but she survived and even thrived. How many of us would be that brave? I am not sure I could be. So, I challenge us all, when times are hard and we feel the strain, that we remember the stories of this amazing generation from all around the globe, and how many with perseverance stood up to tyranny and won. We owe them a debt for the things we have today. I intend, in part, to repay that debt, to remember the horrors these ladies survived and do my best to not let it return. We WILL remember you!!!
This lady has all the right to be upset for not getting justice. Yet, she kept her composure and bravery. She is a very strong woman!
@@fluteseok so true, there were comfort women in South Korea, China and other Asian countries. There are pictures, witnesses and many women were murdered to hide these camps. All the time, I at least see a few completely denying the fact there was such a thing and made them out to be a paid prositute...
Them asian boss should discuss as next topic Korean war
dont care Da Da / narvaro mer 👈🏻
this 2 person are same person, and japanese right wing…
Many Japanese right wing are active on RUclips.
They have 20 multiple accounts.
As the same Japanese, I am ashamed.
im really sorry😭
narvaro mer the japanese didnt finish reparations, thats why this old lady is trying so hard. If another country did the same thing, thats a different issue and takes the light away from this lady and people like her
This is why i don't like history class in school. Not only did i have to memorize names, dates and events, but also because textbooks were made accdg to what the author or the government wants you to know. It's a one-sided story sometimes. Some events may not even be the reality.
Well at least the textbooks _mention_ the comfort women. Some countries leave out so much history. (thinking of China rn...)
@Troll77 Neptune No, I meant Filipino textbooks. I have no idea about Japan's textbooks since I'm not Japanese.
Research history yourself.
You can't relate the past and the present. They seem disconnect with you. That's why you are having a hard time to remember such detail information.. or you are just plain stupid.
Filipino history books didn't fail to write down about comfort women. I wonder what kind of history books you read.
I didn't tell my father about it.
Why?
Because he's a man.
Imagine the trauma. The pain. The fear.
@Another Obvious Truth What's with you? Thank you for the info but I can search on that myself. My comment was about the pain she must've suffered when she was raped, not about whether Japan compensated for it or not. I sympathized with the woman on the aspect that she was harrassed by men she didn't know and she couldn't tell even her father about what happened and I feel for her. I felt her pain, her fear, and the mental damage it caused her. No amount of compensation money or apology can ever repair that damage. But yeah, thanks for the info, anyway. I just hope you tried to understand my comment first before you replied.
@Another Obvious Truth SKASE
@Another Obvious Truth ew
I. Didn't understand.if he is a man, won't he believe?
@@samapras it’s not about whether he’ll believe it or not. We’re talking about the victim’s POV.. of course her father will believe her. But can she even make herself speak of those unspeakable things? She was young and helpless. Traumatized. Scared shitless. Put yourself in her shoes. The thing that happened to you is sooo horrible to the point where you even feel ashamed of yourself because of it even though it’s not your fault. It’s so terrifying that you can’t even speak about it to anyone especially a man because it would only remind of something you wish to forget with all your heart. You want to delude yourself it never happened. So telling anyone about it? It would’ve been impossible at that time. Would you even be able to utter the words?
My Lola was around 15 when the Japanese invaded. She said she’ll never forget what she experienced. I want to keep her memories alive and keep history alive so people never forget. She remembers hiding anywhere she could even under tanks because she was scared of being killed, captured, etc. She said she remembers the Japanese soldiers entering her neighborhood and throwing infants into the air to “catch” them on bayonets. My grandfather was around the same age when my great grandmother thought to hide him from the Japanese soldiers in the attic of their house to avoid him being taken away with all the other men in their neighborhood. My heart goes out to all the brave men and women who did what they could to survive, even after war. Even now atrocities are still happening everyday around the world.
It makes me sad that the women kept silent about these atrocities thinking that fellow Filipinos would think lowly of them. These women are not to blame about their experience, or any rape victim are never to be blamed. 😢
Sad as it is, the catholic church and the values they teach condemns victims of rape, which should never be the case.
Still happen up to this day
I think more victims coming forward in MeToo changing this... as a society we need to support those voices and what they're fighting for, and let them know that many people care.
Of course not, they did nothing wrong!
THIS
It breaks my heart to hear these stories but I have realised that all this happened and is the reality so it's better to understand what happened than to be ignorant.
@George Costarica so you support the rape of women and children if the rapist was from a "better" country? Evaluate your life please
@George Costarica Yep, Korean were the starved Stone-age level nation before Japan kindly civilized them since the 1910 Annexation Treaty.
@@gigiparis5654 Japan civilized Korean but they took all the profits and Korea was devastasted by Japan. And Japam could develop through benefits from Korean war.
@George Costarica You are disgusting
@George Costarica you are disgusting af
I'm from Australia and they taught us this in history class. We watched the interview of Jan Ruff O'Herne who was a Dutch/Australian comfort woman captured by the Japanese. She goes into detail about the horrible things the soldiers did to her and it's just truly upsetting because many of us don't know the history, including the Japanese who have wiped this out from their textbooks. May she rest in peace now.
Japanese did the same terrifying things to Indonesia in world war 2 ☹☹☹ i'm so sad and mad, i know i can do nothing about the innocent people out there that has faced world war
keep it coming! don't let our dark history get buried with the old ones who experienced it!
@@Sparkiiely You're right. It's been decades of peace and we have worked hard to protect it. Even younger generation Japanese people don't deserve the hate because they never experienced the war in the first place and are innocent. They don't deserve to pay for the crimes their elders made.
They also did the same to China, India (Bengal Famine), Burma (now Myanmar)
@@kaydenchan7093 Malaysia also? Correct me if I'm wrong
@@erniemaemalle1244 I think you’re correct
Everytime she bent forward to head a question, everytime there was a glint of emotion in her eyes as she had to stop and brace herself for what she was about to say, talking about her trauma and fears, this was truly heartbreaking
Truly :"(
Tough woman
there was a story where japanese soldiers toss baby in the air and catch it with a bayonet sticked to their rifles
It must have taken great courage for her to speak up and I respect her for it
Da Da why are you leaving comments everywhere?
@@brendonsforehead4961 He's a Japanese apologist.
Da Da typical Japanese trying hard to cover up their crimes lol
Both my Lolo and Lola experienced this horrifying WWII catastrophe. Thankfully my lola didn't experience rap* as women in that area had to disguise as men while my lolo had hide in the woods. Bless your souls my grandparents. Thank you for surviving that horror, I wouldn't be in this world if worst things happened. And to Lola Estelita, you are such a brave woman. Please know that your story will never be forgotten. You've been fighting to get this justice. I sincerely hope that one day you the justice will prevail, it is your rights.
She's a very old woman. It's been years and years since it happened. But she still cries when she talks about how she could never tell her parents for fear of the shame. We need to change the way we treat victims of rape. Keeping it a dark secret or being told you're lying is like a 2nd round of abuse and trauma.
It really is a damn shame most of us in America were never educated about this side of WWII in history class. My heart breaks for this brave woman. May she be protected at all costs.
The U.S soldiers raped and killed Japanese women and over 250,000 German women during WW2.
narvaro mer So true
@Abz Oman So false. Show us your source of this “fact”.
@narvaro mer Wrong. No credible source for your claim.
@@narvaromer8516 Wow is this true😞have never heard of this
This interview needs Japanese subtitles...
Anthony Suarez Lol. Evidently, you didn’t get why I think it needs Japanese subtitles, huh. 😏
@@jesssc402 he didn't too bad. I think it needs Japanese subs so that the Japanese users can understand the story and spread this video. You can contribute in translating it. Too bad my JPN is not yet good to help.
@Anthony Suarez her comment wants to have Jpn subtitles, is to spread the awareness and the message, it's not about the language fluency or whatever. be understanding
@Anthony Suarez No you're being stupid. She was asking for Japanese subtitles so those who aren't good in English can also understand the video, which is to say the least, quite an important matter.
@@khust2993 no, she was asking for Japanese subtitles because she wants the Japanese viewers to watch this video. Because the Japanese government have been denying this fact and never mentioned this catastrophe in their history..
I wish Lila Filipina could turn into an international organization with not only filipino comfort women in it but also comfort women from other parts of the world so that they can channel their rights and advocacies globally with a much larger audience.
Asian boss, why didn’t you send a lady interviewer? As a woman I would be more comfortable talking to fellow woman about these things.
I know right? 🤷♀️
I think he is a volunteer for Asian Boss.. I noticed this guy covering Philippine topics. It might be that there is no woman volunteer from our country..
Hindi pa man lng tinanong si lola kong ilang taon sya nuon. Kainis na iterviewer na to hndi completo magusisa
@@jhazperlozano6756 I think it's not that the interviewer was incompetent or not. It's about what would this grandma feel about sharing traumatic sexual experience to a male. I'd think grandma would feel at ease and would probably share more to a female interviewer.
@@0111mango i agree but it took a lot of courage from lola. also, when they interviewed a korean comofort woman, the interviewer was a man too
My great grandma was only 8 years old when the Japanese came to occupy Manila. According to her, during that time she had to hide inside imburnals (sewers) every time Japanese soldiers are around. When Manila was declared as an open city, food was so scarce that people were forced to eat rats. Those are hard times but they survived. I hope the Japanese government on their mistake and apologize properly.
same with my lolo, he was around 10 when the japanese invaded his province and he had to spend many years hiding in the mountains. his relative was a rebel and the japanese were trying to find him, but my lolo's family successfully hid him for a few weeks. when the japanese found him, they beheaded him and punished his family by making them stand in the hot sun for days with no food or water. watching this video was heartbreaking but i am glad that it brings awareness to this topic and allows others to share their stories/ their families experiences with the war :(
I want to know if the one get his head rolling are your grandpa's or his relative? Your story was hazy
@@bulk_manifesto3624 my grandpa's
@@angeliquereg teka... yung lolo mo pinugutan ng ulo sa edad na 10 yrs? Paano siya nagkaanak 10 yrs old na?
@@lewiss.3786 no, my lolo's relative (his uncle)
The disgusting part is that Japanese government never claim their doings.
@P M Japan needs to apologize to the countries they had occupied
地球を銅像で埋め尽くすべき！😡😡😡😡😡😡
不届き者に罰を！😡😡😡😡
First of all, it was commercial activity and common occupation at that time.
FOR example, when GHQ occupied Japan, there were many “comfort institutions” for American.
What Japanese did was completely legal at that time, therefore, there is no need for Japanese government to apologize.
Asking apologies is like regarding Korean culture, where people used to eat dog, as barbarian.
@macbook3562 I would never eat dogs, but, for me, it's pretty hypocrite criticise people for eating dogs, but forget that most country in the world eat cows (I do, for example). And let's not forget the at that time Koreans were starving and looking for anything to eat. Even so, one side's fault does not justify another's fault. Justify horrendous things by another horrendous is literally what makes war and chaos continue in the world.
" Dapa! May hapon!!! "
Our grandma used to tell us about this when we're little, can't forget and now that I'm adult i can't imagine how my grandma and her family survived Japanese invasion. Praying for your good health Lola 🙏❣️
"I just covered my eyes and cried until it was over"
My heart is breaking for her.
I can feel the emotion from her since I can understand the language (not well but enough).
The removal of the comfort woman statue, that’s ridiculous (just political nonsense/pressure).
thanks asian boss 😊
What about Raidaihan and orange agent? Well the Murica, south korea, singapore, japan, thailand, philippines, .. all sucked Vietnamese blood river and got 100x profits.
You like to live in anger and hate? You like Everytime to be reminded of that? What a waste of life..
Da Da you are complaining about this video where we learned about Pilipino sex slaves for Japan? Most people have no idea about this. But these videos enlighten and get people thinking even about this topic and research and learn more . This video does not say no other women were sex slaves or deny its cruel violence against other ethnic reason. To criticize this is really shitty of you. Since you are so fervently against this history from being taught then why don’t YOU, lazy sit behind your computer/cell, talk and no action ass take the energy and invest money to make a video about Japanese sec slaves???? Do it!!!! don’t ever criticize others’ incredible work to educate.
Indonesia call it "Jugun ianfu" the same fate like korean,chinese,fillipino..poor women,may they rest in peace in heaven😭🙏🙏
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malaysia and also netherland
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Additional fact: There's this shrine in Japan called Yasukuni Shrine where japanese people who died during the war are commemorated, it's also known as a controversial shrine because the japanese people who started the war is also there. So visitiing this shrine means that you salute them. Every prime minister have visited the shrine even though many japanese people protests against this.
The last scene, where Estelita stands in front of a memorial and many photos of women was so moving. So much suffering. God bless them.
7:10, wait a minute, this happened before she reached 6th grade in school, how sick are these japanese.
6th grade back in the day is like high school or college
She’s either 11 or 10 yrs old. Damn.
that would explain why she did not get pregnant
Schools are different everywhere but they did take them young they raped a lot of super young girls
It's possible she went to school at an older age than she should have, but yeah it is also possible that the atrocities happened when she was very young. The interviewer should've asked her how old she was.
To live with a traumatic experience like that and keep it to yourself all these years I can’t even imagine. These women are so strong. And even through all that she hold no hatred towards those soldiers. Your stories will not be forgotten.
It makes me so sad to think she hid these secrets to avoid shame... It's not like it was her fault she was beaten and raped. It made her lack trust in men for the rest of her life. So sad. Keep these stories alive since the Japanese wish to forget.
I’ve only known about Korean comfort woman’s story so this was a very important video for me. People should know that there was other comfort woman from different countries. To hear such story is so heartbreaking, I hope their mind is at peace now.
Damn. That saddened me that the woman from the first interview passed away. I hope she found peace.
To the day she died she has been quoted that she has unbelievable rage and anger towards the Japanese.
@@shopiayay are you sure?
Brave human... this woman simultaneously saddens me and inspires me... what she had to endure... I can’t fathom... but shame on the Abe and the Philippine president for removing the statue... Yeah absence of human respect for this woman is unforgivable!!! Simply to receive money on the side of the Philippines, and to see your face on the side of the Japanese people is a disgrace
Because duterte is bugok
Because our president is a hypocrite.
@@jqa16 even if that's true, what's your point in repeating that comment everywhere?? Whether the woman was 12 yrs old or not did she give consent to be raped? Stupid! Baka!
Overall the decision on removing the statue was economic reason. More people will benefit because Japanese are business partner. You can't be hasty to say it is disgrace or shame, there are always other side of the story!
@@bulk_manifesto3624 just say that we will be on the wrong side of Japan again if we didnt comply to their wishes. They have the power and add the fact that our President is a hypocrite. Those women are fighting for justice while Japan still denies their wrong doings and even have the guts on ordering to remove the statue, to what? Come clean? When these women are gone that statue will be a reminder of that hellish experience they had but our government is like a puppet trying to keep the relationship with Japan and China at the cost of his people. Did you know that he still not banned the chinese from entering our country despite of the now 3 chinese confirmed cases of ncov in the Phil? They brought the epidemic in our country yet Dutertard still welcomes the Chinese because of their friendship and how it is unfair for them? 🤪.
Lol thank u for listening to my tedtalk
my respect to Filipino Comfort Women... never forget their lives and they deserve justice... it was a heartbreaking story 😭💔💔💔
As a WWII enthusiast, who loves learning about the past, I will keep this. This is a lesson. This is a reminder. This is a message.
It’s a travesty that people who were so terribly wronged decades ago still have to fight to be heard so the injustice that happened to them isn’t swept under the carpet and forgotten. Anyone who tries to have them silenced are utter cowards.
I'm half japanese half filipino my grandma is also a comfort woman still alive currently in the room w/ me. She said she never hated the japanese and even though japanese soldiers killed her 1st husband she learnt to forgive them and move on.
Black Rain 黒雨
It’s not a question of hating anyone or not being able to move on. The reality is stories of comfort women are eagerly swept under the carpet which is an insult for what these women went through. These stories need to be told and they need to be heard.
@@hindsightpov4218 For what, sparking grudges of the past, involving innocent younger generation people into the war that the elders did and seek justice and just do another world war? Japanese people who were never involved during WWII especially younger generations don't deserve to pay for the crimes their elders made.
All people in during world war II learned how much pain and how much lives these wars cost, and since that time, all humans have made efforts of preventing world wars through United Nations. It's been many decades of peace (even though there are wars at certain countries like Syria) majority of us benefited from the peace we've made.
While I agree that history should not be forgotten and should be taught, we often forget two things when teaching them: one is that grudges are not included. Second is that there is something that we should learn from the past for the better future. WWII taught us that wars should never be done anymore because of how much damage it would just do and that we must learn to not keep grudges in order to protect the peace we've been building along with the innocent younger generations.
When lola Dy cried... It was like a dagger hitting me.. imagining how she must had suffered from that nightmare and that all her memories flooding back to her from that interview makes me want to hug her. This explain why Japan has experienced alot of calamities ;-;
Agree
Not only “stay curious” but also “stay kind” and “stay ethical.” Thank you Asian Boss 💜
Women like these inspire me so much. They make me feel like I could do anything with my life. Their strength is so powerful and sincere, more than anything else. I appreciate and love them so much.
May the lord be with you. Madame Kim
@@lovebite4748 lol i agree also
@@lovebite4748 What'd he say?
This was so difficult to watch. I always knew about the comfort women forced by the Japanese here in the PH, it was always mentioned during our history classes when I was in high school. But I never completely understood how heavy this topic is. Not until now.
Our lolas (grandma) are a very important part of every Filipino family, so this is extremely hard to swallow. I love my lola so much, she raised me and keeps spoiling me even if I’m at my 20’s already. I wouldn’t know where to get my strength if it wasn’t for her.
Thank you for your story Lola Estelita, rest now. The next generation will keep your fighting spirit alive.
When you think of Shinzo Abe, please remember *her* story. Western media is falsely portraying Shinzo Abe as a “good man”. That’s deeply upsetting.
He was a good man. That can't be denied. Especially his value in standing against China.
The Bully of everyone who had the bad luck of being near them.
Even Australia was not spared. Suffering a trade embargo from China because they wanted Investigations into Covid 19 in China.
@@silverhawkscape2677
No he's not a good man you fking weeb
KABOOM!!!
What did he do ?
As a fellow Filipino and a woman, Madam Estelita's story broke my heart. I cannot imagine the pain that she went through in the hands of the Japanese and the hell that she was in afterwards due to the fear that other people will learn what she has been through and judge her for something beyond her control. I may not be able to bring you comfort, but I want you to know that there is someone who learned your story and admired you for your bravery and resilience. May you achieve the justice that you ardently seek. God bless you.
Seeing their pictures, it is very saddening that a lot of them passed away without getting their justice. Mahal po namin kayo mga Lola
Don't hate Japanese people hate their government. Just as lola said
Albert Castro exactly. Many Japanese people especially the younger generations have been lied to and don’t know about any of this. Everything about the war except for the atomic bombs was hidden from them, it’s unfair to blame young people for something they didn’t live through and were never taught about. The Japanese government and imperial Japan are the only ones to blame
The Japanese today will fight you tooth and nail that all this and other atrocities are all fabrications. They got nuked, they are the victims, end of story of WWII. You don't believe me? Go talk to a Japanese.
@@sunahamanagai9039 not mentioning the victims of japan? Yes it is true that what happened to japan was horrible, but what also happened outside in the rest of Asia, which was under Japan, was horrible too. Japan's not the only victim.
@Blu Intropher He's not saying Japan was a victim, he's saying that's what the Japanese say.
Younger generations especially Japanese children never experienced the WWII and are innocent from it. There's always something to learn about the past, but the grudges are not included. These younger generation people don't deserve the hate for the war that happened in the past. And I am a Filipino myself who didn't live during the war which is why I excuse myself from siding with any parties of the argument. And just so you guys know, dragging innocent people to the issues of the past is nothing different to how Imperial Japan killed innocent people.
I’m so sad to hear about this... as a Filipino this hits home. Stay strong Lola! My prayers are with you, amen.
These kinds of videos always make me feel greatful for having a secure childhood. Imagine growing up in war. So heartbreaking.
My grandpa tells me they were really scared with the japanese before because of how mean they are. But he also told me there was a japanese soldier who once carried him when he was little and the soldier was crying because he left his baby in japan and he remembered his son as he carried my then baby grandpa. No one deserved to be in their situations. It broke my heart, for that crying soldier and for everyone who was in the war :'(
that soldier is a broken man
What a shame to Philippines for buckling under pressure. They should have created that statue again for all these brave women. This is so tragic and I wished her good health and peace.
Those Japanese soldiers I hope they died terribly and the Japanese government needs to accept it's dark past and apologize for the war crimes it committed.
Surprise surprise, as we all know Japan was blessed after the world war. They rise from ashes to one global superpower. Now that was odd turn of events.
@@bulk_manifesto3624 Surprise! Japan economy is now suffering stagnation and deflation + having a huge sums of debt. Btw your comment was so unnecessary and disrespectful.
I think they did not destroy the statue they just put that away to other parks i forgot because that statue is place in front of japanese embassy
The fact that I understand most of what she’s saying without subtitles breaks my heart. It hurts enough when u read the subtitles but hearing these words being spoken in the language you grew up knowing hits different.
And now filipinos are starting to forget this cruel war and start loving japan again. Japanese war was the most gruesome war ever happened in the Philippines.
@Jesus Christ Because US and Japan were enemies before. Japan attacked their military base in Hawaii, then targeted the Philippines to defeat them. US sort of owned the Philippines before giving it to the Filipinos with an independent government as a payment for helping them in WW2.
@And Remember Kids Don't Do Crack Cocaine lol US have done worst. Balangiga massacre casualties alone were around 2 million Filipinos. Women and children died in concentration camps, burned houses and farmlands, every children older than 10 were shot dead.
I can still feel the woman's pain....she still gets teared up upon recalling the incident... Women have suffered at every instance in world history be it any part of the world....
A Filipina woman here in her 20s stating my opinion about the topic...
As far as I remembered, when we talked about World War 2.. The highlights of the war was on General MacArthur and the Filipino soldiers that helped in the war. I knew that Japanese soldiers are brutal. They kill whoever goes against their way even women and children and just briefly mentioned that Japanese soldiers used to rape some Filipina women but it was never been discussed in detail in our curriculum.. Idk what is in History textbooks nowadays... But I did hope that I learned deeper about the comfort women being abused by Japanese Government. 😢😢
FanGirl Yuuki same here, a lot of vital info in philippines history is not in textbook. Videos like these are really helpful for us to know more about history.
@Da Da one mistake doesn't negate the other. Stop trying to give excuses based on Ad Hominem. You automatically lose your argument if your answer is flawed and based on a fallacy.
Korean war crimes should be judge separated to Japanese war crimes and so on, they don't cancel each other out.
If you steal something and then some thief says to you that you stole something and you reply saying "but you're a thief as well", this doesn't negate the fact that both of you stole and should be arrested. You don't get to walk away just because someone also did something stupid at some point in time. That doesn't make it ok. Most nations committed atrocities and all of these nations should be ashamed and make up for what they did wrong. None of them are "right", just because the other one is "even more wrong". Both are wrong, period. If you can't understand logic, stop trying to argue. It's embarrassing.
Japanese soldiers were brutal? That's a compliment. How about parade decapitated heads and bodies of men and children in front of their mothers and husbands? Yeah, that was going on in northeast China in 1937. Don't even try to imagine it or search for pictures, because you'll find them and you'll be disgusted just like I was when I found out about this stuff 20 years ago.
From what I can see, some people think 2 wrongs makes it right, but it doesn't. Each case should be judged saparately, and assuming that it is true, Korean government should apologise appropriately to the Vietnamese women who were raped. However, I see a big difference between incidents of individual soldiers going and raping a civilian woman from the surrounding area (which is still wrong) and the whole army/government organising a 'continuous mass rape' by collecting large number of girls(many of them teenagers) against their will and forcing them to be raped multiple times a day in order to "comfort" their soldiers. What has been done to these women made thier life a living hell, and you cannot expect simple words or announcement of formal apology, or even the Japanese government giving certain amount of money to the other government (like in case of Korea) make it go away. The fact of saying 'We already apologised and even gave money to the other government. So, why are they still keep talking about it?' makes one(as well as the victims) think that they are not really sorry and is retraumatising the victims. And removing (and trying to remove in many other locations) the statues of comfort women also seem like they are trying to make it go away rather than having an atitude of someone who is truely sorry for what they've done.
IMO textbooks shouldn't be writing about rapes and violence too much. It's enough that they mentioned it at all. I dunno about you guys but I knew about comfort women from textbooks. Same with the rape of nanking. Historical textbooks lists historical events and information. It would've been awfully off-putting reading a comfort woman's accounts off a textbook. Those sort of things should be in a whole other book.
IMO if you were genuinely interested in their stories you wouldn't wait for Asian Boss to make a video. Do the research yourself, even if 'research' is merely Wikipedia. It kinda grinds my gears seeing Filipinos all 'wtf why isn't this in textbooks' coz all I have to say about that is 'wtf it totally is'. Yeah comfort women in textbooks aren't given too much detail, but being mentioned is enough. At least we know about it,it wasn't hidden from us. Look at Japan, look at China. At least we're not them.
Sorry about this rant. Please don't be too offended. Nung sinabi kong 'you', hindi literal na ikaw ang tinutukoy ko. May mga naiinis sa puntong yon eh pero hindi naman yun ang punto ko.
I stopped chewing, closed my eyes and got goosebumps down my spine when she said "and he raped me." It's horrible. I didn't realize I had tears in my eyes.
Naririnig po namin ang boses ninyo Lola. Sa Lahat ng mga comfort women, it was never your fault. Sana magkaroon kayo ng peace sa in-yong sarili.
Really touch.. I hope the grandma keeps healthy and living well. Asianboss should interview victim of comfort women or we called it "jugun ianfu" in Indonesia too, their condition not really well. Some of them lost their wombs because when they were pregnant, japanese soldiers forced them to aborted. Really bad..
Whoever clicked the dislike button got so teary and thought it was the share button
the Dislike button comes from a japanese
George Costarica Did I ask?
Sex Slaves Victims in the Philippines will never be forgotten. Generations to generations will always remember this Violence Against Women.
So do you think it would be better to abandon the San Francisco Peace Treaty and start over with numerous military trials?
Complaining about the resolution between nations creates new hatred and repeats the war.
I first heard of comfort women through a documentary, many years ago. Shame on Japan for not apologizing and admitting publicly the horrors they committed against these women and others. They must admit this.
And yet Japan refuses to admit and apologize for this atrocity. It's just disgraceful and disgusting.
This is an eye opener of what Japan really did in WW2. It really breaks my heart thinking that Japan don't even admit that they commited such crime. 💔
With every word my heart broke. The pain in her words……. Thank you for sharing your story.
Try searching
"How Beijing weaponizes ‘comfort women' as propaganda tool ASIA TIMES"
The article says:
China has been waging this war since Beijing realized after the First Gulf War that it would likely be unable to the United States on the battlefield. As the document Unrestricted Warfare, published by two high-ranking Chinese military officials, makes clear, the Chinese have chosen to fight the US, and particularly the US-Japan alliance, using desinformatsiya rather than hardware and troops.
Why didn’t you tell your father?
Obviously, because he’s a man.
:((( the harsh reality
My Grandfathers used to talk about “the hapon” and how they hid as kids away from them . I never knew what that meant until watching this video.
Now THIS is why I subscribed to Asian Boss,for the REAL content and eye opening stories.And not for flashy shallow topics.
she's a beautiful, strong and courageous woman! thank you for speaking for all girls, women and even boys/men. 🙏
I couldn't watch it without my tears. Thank you for sharing a story, grandma. I will carry your story in my lifetime and pray Philippine Government gets enough counrage to put back the comfort women statue again!
You need Chinese money:
World View: China Funds Unauthorized Anti-Japan Comfort Woman Statue in Manila, Philippines / Breitbart 12/28/2017
@@marimarihosp3035 How does a Comfort women statue resembles Anti-Japanese? What logic 🤣
Nakakaiyak itong kwento na ito 😢 Maraming salamat sa katapangan, Lola! Heartbreaking talaga ito. Kinakailangan naririnig ang mga Kwentong ito.
Oo nga po nakakasad :(
WTH? hahahahahha
I still remembered how focused I was in school while talking about this. Japanese colonization for how many years is such a terrible era. My grandma and I will sat down just to talk about this for a long hour. How they dig the soil so deep just to be their home. My grandma give birth to my father under the ground on her own because she said my grandpa needs to find someone who can assist her but he never came back, she said that grandpa was captured by the Japanese soldier. She raised my father and their other children on her own to survive on that Era. It’s always heartbreaking when my grandma talks about that time. I see how she longed for her husband but I’m now happy for her to be with my grandpa on where they are right now. She passed away 7 years ago with a hand written letter for us, her grandchildren ❤️
Thanks AB for giving a voice to someone from the Filipinx community. Erasure, lack of visibility and representation for South Asian communities is a struggle, and I am glad AB is helping diversify the image of the Asian community.
I didn't realize how much of their language is similar to Spanish. I understood some of it without subtitles. I can't believe she went through so much pain and shame, very sad
Same. I had no idea the Philippines were a Spanish colony before.
After hearing Duterte's name made me realize this was just a recent video.
I don't have anything I can say about politics and all. But this have long been an issue unanswered, I hope our Lola's could get the answer they're hoping for.
This woman has to be one of the wisest of all, she made my heart melt by simply speaking truth and just composing herself😭😭😭😭😭😭
The COMFORT WOMAN STATUE SHOULD STAYYYY
Yes .
unfortunately, it was removed and gone missing. Up until now, no one knows where the statue is
@@armhingregorio7552 the government did. in exchange for jpn's support ph will take down the comfort women statue. ph will continue to bark for other countries as long as if benefits the rich lmao. i mean ph is already a dog to china
this documentary just made me fall into tears..just wondering the pain and struggles she has gone thru..really crying now..may you all find the justice for the injustice you received from the hands of those Japanese soldiers..praying for your good health and longer life, too.
I was in grade school (5th Grade)when my history teacher told us in detail about the colonisation of japan and how the Japanese soldiers mistreated young filipino GIRLS (God knows how young they were back then) and turning them into comfort women. I cried. Im young but i feel like if I was in their situation during that time I’d rather die but thinking back now I was glad that I was able to learn and see for myself these women who live to tell their story for the world to know. And how they were able to endure and live with their past.
But it’s just sad that the president we have now is a dog leaping from country to country to lie like a good boy on their lap and following their commands. A dog whose all bark but no bite. We’re really weak. (4am thoughts).
Lol maybe you're talking about Aquino😏
@@arizclem same to aquino before he was being controlled by american but didn't benefit from it lol, he made a lot of things not considering the present situation of Filipino people,atleast Duterte know how to benifit from other.
@@arizclem I am not a Duterte supporter, I voted for the late MDS. But as a citizen of this country, I won't ridicule the President. Why? Coz whether I like it or not, he represents me. That's why people voted for him coz people wanted to be represented by him, right? (Too bad MDS lost and died... But thinking now it's better that she lost coz Lenny being president... It's gonna be history repeats itself.)
So back to the main topic, the statue is removed to "prepare for a drainage improvement project", it's for the country, right? so let's wait for that plan implementation before criticizing the government. After that project, they could place the statue near that area again. If they are lying coz they have ulterior motives...(idk coz i don't pay attention to news nowadays) i hope the said women association will put this to justice.
These stories are so incredibly heartbreaking
Estelle is so strong to be able to talk about that with a smile and laugh! I respect her so much and wish I could help in the fight!
I've met some of the women heading Gabriela in the Philippines. They are amazing, strong, smart, intuitive women. So outspoken and unapologetic. They are well put together and do amazing work for this movement.
The Philippines government has tried hard to work against them, framing them for participating in illegal activities including firearms and such, but they continue to work hard for what they believe in.
The history and memory of comfort women has been a terribly rough road and should be shared with others--the survivors deserve recognition and an official apology with no run around from the Japanese government.
Thank you for sharing her story. It's one of many tragic and heavy stories that have been shared in confidence that people will listen and learn
Same things happened in China. Survivors got interviewed then passed away,never got compensation from Japanese govt , not even apologies.
They're getting their punishment in other ways, Hiroshima, Tsunamis, Nuclear plant disasters, etc. That's the Univers way of keeping things even.
Imagine carrying all that pain and trauma to yourself for so long. This is making me so emotional.
You guys have no idea how thankful I am for Internet and social media today. To think that all her statements will never appear in book and that history will probably be forgotten is so scary and unfair. But I'm so glad young people here know and we will never forget.
The painful feeling of the memories brought her back where and when it started as she spoke. I hope you find comfort for your own inner peace and let’s spread the message all across the world to find justice for this ladies all over the world.
I was also so mad when the statue of the comfort woman was removed. I felt for the Lolas who were rallying and fighting for it. Thanks for the video, Asian Boss.