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This project details the experiences of multiple women who suffered the trauma of being comfort women in Japanese military brothels. Placemarks are positioned on each woman's hometown and speak to the personal experience of each woman.

The goal of this project is to highlight the strength and resilience of the survivors of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery system. With the first statue of peace raised in Seoul, Korea, many more since then have been built and raised to honor the…

This timeline provides an overview of the history of Biochemical Warfare and focuses on Events, People, Places in Asia during the Second World War. It also includes key developments in International Law. The interactive timeline consists of curated…

Based on a memoir of the same title, "50 Years of Silence" documents the experiences of Jan Ruff-O'Herne as a young girl enslaved under the Japanese military sexual slavery system and the decades of trauma, survivorship, and activism that followed.…

This guide provides a starting point for those students interested in pursuing research on the Nanjing Massacre, including valuable considerations and sources on the topic.

This resource puts together a collection of photographic, and other primary sources that document some of the lesser-known cases in the Japanese system of Military Sexual Slavery that existed across the Asia-Pacific during the Second World War.

This resource summarizes four unequal treaties of import from 1842-1901. The Treaty of Nanking (1842) and the Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) saw the advent of Western Imperialism in China and Japan respectively. Subsequently, the Shimonoseki Treaty (1895)…

This essay analyzes how Japanese deniers only accept parts of the critique against the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and are selectively blind to other aspects of the trial that do not match their ideological view. The essay…

This is a virtual version of an actual exhibit by the Asia Pacific Peace Museum (APPM) team at ALPHA in partnership with the Unit 731 Museum at Harbin

Using primary sources, this brief memorandum examines the historical and legal significance of the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal, which tried Japanese war criminals in the wake of their atrocities during WWII. This memo focuses on the statutory and…