Japan still has time to atone for crime

THURSDAY MARKS THE 74TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAPAN'S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER at the end of World War II. The day before is "Comfort Women Day", and on Wednesday we remembered these victims of Japanese aggression, comments China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang:

It should be noted that these women suffered more than constant rape. According to historical materials, they were shut in cage-like cells, and any hint of disobeying an order would lead to harsh penalties, even death.

From 1931 to 1945, the Japanese army opened thousands of "comfort stations" that housed about 400,000 women from China, Korea and Southeast Asia. At least half of the victims were Chinese. Only one-fourth of the "comfort women" survived the war.