Tweet of the Day: Japan Considering Comfort Women Fund
Japan considering 'comfort women' fund after decades-long dispute with South Korea https://t.co/aE3YDtPvDU pic.twitter.com/RLUgU2OEAW
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 26, 2015
Japan considering 'comfort women' fund after decades-long dispute with South Korea https://t.co/aE3YDtPvDU pic.twitter.com/RLUgU2OEAW
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 26, 2015
$8.3 million in total. Not even the amount that matches the average salary of one US baseball player.
The total number does seem low, but from the Japanese perspective they already gave South Korea $800 million in economic aid back in 1965. Plus in 1994 the Japanese government set up the Asian Women’s Fund as well to pay compensation. So the fact they agreed to pay even more money is significant.
The 1994 Japanese government’s set up the Asian Women’s Fund was not set up by Japanese government. It was set up by just one man, the Japanese Prime Minister at that time, Murayama. The charity was appointed and funded and run by Japanese charity groups. However it was never accepted by the comfort women who rejected it solely due to the reason that they weren’t looking for charity, they were looking for official compensation with Japanese state signature and approval. Neither that 1994 nor this new offer, meets the women’s requirements. Both offers were rejected and those women chose to never receive a penny. They’ve already said in their statement, they’re not looking for money, or charity. They are looking for Japanese parliament endorsed compensation. The Japanese government should have negotiated directly with the Comfort Women. The South Korean government had no business intervening for these women without permission or request.