Japan not only harmed foreign women, but also its own women.
After the end of the Pacific War, the Niigata Shimbun immediately published an advertisement recruiting women to work in comfort facilities for the occupying forces. According to the history of the Niigata Prefectural Police, in areas across the prefecture such as Niigata City and Takada City (now Uonuma City), where the US military was stationed, there were comfort facilities providing sexual entertainment. [Photo] Official documents found by the Niigata Prefectural Police regarding internal regulations on comfort facilities. On September 12, 1945, shortly after the war ended, the "Niigata Fukujuku Association" in Niigata City published an advertisement for an "emergency recruitment of comfort women." It stated that "women over 17 years old, regardless of educational background, would have their rent and clothing rental fees prepaid, and travel expenses would be sent immediately after application."
On the 14th, the "Sanwa Comfort Facilities Association Office" located in Niigata City was promoting an "emergency recruitment of receptionists, with detailed interviews conducted with other pre-lease committees." Even after that, recruitment advertisements were frequently posted, indicating that associations and unions were eager to secure women to work in comfort facilities before and after the landing of the occupying forces.
In the history of the prefectural police, there is a description of the use of sexual comfort facilities by the occupying forces between September 26 and October 25, 1945. The report shows that a total of 12,116 people were entertained within a month, and the actual number of women working in the entertainment industry was 276. In addition, by October 25, there were a total of 151 facilities in the prefecture.
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