“Comfort Women” Issue and Japanese Legislative Movement Part 2

The male-centric society in Japan is the root cause of the “Comfort Women” issue. Ultimately, I am convinced that this structural problem is why the Japanese National Diet has been unable to enact legislation on its own.

• 2023-07-24
• Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)

“Comfort Women” Issue and Japanese Legislative Movement Part 1

All things considered, Japan must bear responsibility as a nation. To reignite the movement, a civic movement aimed at achieving legislative resolution was needed. In December 1996, the “Gathering for Legislative Resolution of the “Comfort Women” Issue” was established, with Attorney Tsuchiya Koken as the Chairman, Professor Arai Shinichi from Surugadai University as the Vice Chairman, and Arimitsu Ken serving as the Secretariat Liaison.

• 2023-07-17
• Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)

Interview with Totsuka Etsuro, an international lawyer representing Japan’s conscience, Part 2

 Written by Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)

• 2019-11-15
• Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)

Interview with Totsuka Etsuro, an international lawyer representing Japan’s conscience, Part 1

 Written by Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)

• 2019-11-15
• Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)