United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121 () is a
resolution about
comfort women which Japanese-American
Congressman Mike Honda
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of
California's 15th congressional district introduced to the American House of Representatives in 2007. It asks that the Japanese government apologize to former comfort women and include curriculum about them in Japanese schools, citing the
1921 International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children that Japan has ratified and
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. This resolution was passed on July 30, 2007.
Controversy
Seiji Yoshida's memoirs were used as an evidence for the roundup of over 1,000 women in Korea in a Congressional Report which was prepared for this resolution.
''Washington Post'' advertisements
On June 14, 2007, a group of
conservative
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Japanese politicians, academics, and others ran an advertisement in ''
The Washington Post
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'' critical of the resolution. The ad was in response to a previous advertisement by a group of Korean
comfort women survivors that ran in ''The Washington Post'' in support of the resolution, titled ''The Truth about Comfort Women''.
See also
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Kono Statement
References
External links
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Remarks of Chairman Lantos on H. Res. 121, regarding Comfort Women, at committee markup by
Tom Lantos
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Original Washington Post advertisementThe advertisement run in the Washington Post in April 2007 to mobilize American policymakers and public to support Resolution 121.
Washington Post advertisement A response by a conservative leaning group of Japanese politicians and academics to the issue of comfort women, which mentions Resolution 121.
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