Against Japanese 'Comfort Women' Denialism in the U.S.

1/2 sized ⦁ 39 pages

Emi Koyama's "Against Japanese 'Comfort Women' Denialism in the U.S." was written in response to the recent rise of Japanese right-wing nationalist activities among some of the Japanese residents in Southern California (not Japanese Americans, but Japanese people from Japan), especially their campaign against resolutions, memorials, and other recognitions of Japanese "comfort women" during the WWII by U.S. cities. This zine analyzes the "talking points" of Japanese right-wing nationalists, and applies the same nuanced approach to the issue of "comfort women" that the author (a co-founder of Japan-U.S. Feminist Network for Decolonization) has advocated for in the contemporary anti-trafficking movement for many years, pointing out precisely what responsibilities Japanese government bears.

Emi Koyama is a multi-issue social justice activist and writer synthesizing feminist, Asian, survivor, dyke, queer, sex worker, intersex, genderqueer, and crip politics, as these factors, while not a complete descriptor of who she is, all impacted her life. Emi is putting the emi back in feminism at www.eminism.org. Support Emi on her Patreon.