📚 A groundbreaking four-volume work shedding new light on Japan's wartime 'comfort women' system has sparked global dialogue. Professors Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei's 'A Comprehensive History of the Japanese Military Comfort Women System' – released this month – combines three decades of research with never-before-seen multilingual archives.
💡 The 2.16 million-character study, celebrated at a Shanghai symposium last week, reveals how the Imperial Japanese Army institutionalized sexual slavery across Asia. 'This isn't just history – it's a mirror for contemporary justice,' noted one participating scholar at the event marking the December 2025 publication.
🌏 Drawing from 8+ countries' archives and 300+ field investigations, the work gives voice to survivors from China's mainland to Timor-Leste. Researchers used Dutch colonial records, Korean testimonies, and Japanese military documents to reconstruct this dark chapter often omitted from WWII narratives.
🔍 Why it matters now: As digital-native Gen Z rediscovers history through TikTok explainers and AI archives, this academic milestone offers raw material for a generation passionate about human rights and historical truth. 📲💡
