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ianfu

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Noun1.ianfu - a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman"
comfort woman
bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money


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Questions of the forced wartime recruitment of Korean women as ianfu ("comfort women") by imperial Japan were first raised in Japan's National Diet in June 1990, after a state visit by then President Roh Tae Woo of the Republic of Korea (commonly referred to as South Korea).
Japan's National/Asian Women's Fund for "comfort women" by Soh, C. Sarah / Pacific Affairs
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