Naoko Okimoto is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Peace Studies at Hiroshima City University. She holds dual Master’s degrees in Peace Education at the University for Peace, Costa Rica, and also in Global Politics at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines (2019). She and her teammates of The Mothers’ Storybook Project Team have co-authored a storybook, My Mother Is More Than A Comfort Woman (Gantala Press, 2021), in partnership with Lila Pilipina. She is also a member of Pamana Rin Tayo (PART), a group of Japanese women who met or learned about the lolas in the Philippines and are conveying their legacies to the younger generation.