Sex voucher for Japanese soldiers found in China By Ng Ting Ting (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2005-07-08 17:13
A tiny little piece of paper, found in a village in North China's Hebei
Province, would be hard evidence rebutting Japanese government's claim of the
absence of sex slaves during World War II.
The 5cm x 3.8 cm voucher, believed to be a sex ticket used by the Japanese
army during its invasion of China, was found by Liu Xianchun, a Hebei resident,
according to a Xinhua report.
It was sticked to the inner surface of a Japanese-made fragrant powder box
left by his grandfather who, a prominent doctor, collected a lot of stuff from
the Japanese army after the end of World War II.
The characters as "The Sixth Sex Slave Center" and "Yinglou Building" as well
as the Japanese army flag could still be seen on the voucher. Under the word
"Yinglou Building," there are twenty-something blurred rectangular boxes, which
are believed to be the identification numbers or names of the sex
slaves.
During the Japanese invasion of China, about 200,000 Chinese
women were kidnapped by the Japanese Army and forced to be their sex slaves. It
is believed that Japanese military set up more than 10,000 sex slaves centers in
more than 20 provinces in China.
Tian Susu, an expert with of Hebei
academy of social sciences researching the Anti-Japanese War, said the Japanese
army set up entertainment centers and abducted women from China, Korea and other
Asian countries and regions to be their sex slaves, or comfort women.
Tian further elaborated, "'Yinglou Building' was the name of a sex slave
center and the ticket was given to soldiers to be used when they went there."
Su Chiliang, professor from the research center of Sex Slave Question in
Shanghai Normal University, condemned the act of the Japanese in the World War
II as government-planned military act.
"There are sex slaves wherever
Japanese invading troops went at that time." This ticket further proves the
presence of sex slave houses operated by the Japanese army. Some Japanese
officials denied its existence.
"This is the first time that a sex
voucher used by the Japanese Army was found in China. Researchers have only seen
that from Japanese's photos," said Su.
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