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The Past Activities
| 2015 | March | 14 | Guide & Cafe for Mini Exhibition #4 |
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| February | 14 | Guide & Cafe for Mini Exhibition #3 | |
| 13 | WAM de Cafe as Watching a Documentary Film | ||
| January | 10 | Guide & Cafe for Mini Exhibition #2 |
| 2014 | December | 20 | Special Symposium: “How do We Listen to the Testimonies — When Testimonies Become Evidence” |
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| 13 | Guide & Cafe for Mini Exhibition #1 | ||
| 6 | 10th Yayori Award Ceremony | ||
| November | 15 | Opening Event of Mini Exhibit: “When has Yomiuri Shimbun Got ‘Sankei-nized’?”: Masanori Yamaguchi | |
| 14 | Mini Exhibition: “Exhaustive Study on Yomiuri Shimbun Coverage of ‘Comfort Women’ issue” (until June 21, 2015) | ||
| 7 | WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition Seminar #3: “Are There any Records of Sexual Violence of Japanese Military in Official Documents of Victimized Country?”: Yoneko Ishida | ||
| October | 24 | WAM de Cafe — Welcoming Lola form the Philippines | |
| 17 | WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition Seminar #2: “Was ‘Comfort Women’ System Tried in War Crimes Tribunals?”: Hirofumi Hayashi | ||
| September | 27 | WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition Seminar #1: “Why ‘Comfort Women’ System is Called Sexual Slavery?”: Yoshiaki Yoshimi | |
| 7 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition #4 | ||
| August | 17 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition #3 | |
| July | 31 | WAM de cafe: “Debriefing Session with Photos on CCPR Review of Japan and visits in Netherland and Germany” | |
| 27 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition #2 | ||
| 6 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition #1 | ||
| 3 | WAM’s 12th Special Exhibition: “‘Comfort Women’ Exhibit for Middle School Students, with new information and displays!” starts | ||
| June | 29 | WAM’s 11th Special Exhibition: “Taiwan “Comfort Women” Testimonies: How Ah-ma were Made into Japanese” ends | |
| May | 9 | Urgent Seminar: “On Sunflower Student Movement” | |
| 7 | Film Screening of Song of the Reed (co-hosted with: Supporting group of Court Case of Taiwanese ‘Comfort Women’) | ||
| February | 28 | WAM de Video 2014 #2: Colonial Taiwan as the ‘Base for Southern Advancement'”: Eriko Ikeda | |
| January | 31 | WAM de Video 2014 #1: “Thing I thought about as Making Taiwan Identity”: Atsuko Sakai |
| 2013 | December | 7 | 9th Yayori Award Ceremony |
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| November | 22 | WAM’s Special Seminar: “Responsibility of Japan of Colonizing Taiwan — From the Perspective of Okinawa”: Seikiyo Matayoshi | |
| 9 | WAM’s Special Seminar: “Unearthed ‘Telegram of Taiwan Armiy’ and Seeking for the Truth of ‘Comfort Women’ System”: Hideko Ito | ||
| 8 | WAM’s 11th Special Exhibition Seminar #3: “Supporting Movement of Democratization of Taiwan — From the experiences in Japan”: Kazuhito Kawami | ||
| October | 17 | WAM’s 11th Special Exhibition Seminar #2: “What was Court Case of Taiwanese ‘Comfort Women’ “: Kunio Aitani | |
| September | 20 | WAM’s 11th Special Exhibition Seminar #1: “Court Case of Taiwanese ‘Comfort Women’ and its Supporting Movement”: Yoko Shiba | |
| July | 6 | WAM’s 11th Special Exhibition: “Taiwan “Comfort Women” Testimonies: How Ah-ma were Made into Japanese” starts | |
| Opening Symposium for WAM’s 11th Special Exhibiton | |||
| June | 30 | WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition: “Military Does Not Protect Women: Okinawa, Japan’s Military Comfort Stations and Sexual Violence by the US Military” ends | |
| March | 1 | WAM de Video 2013 #2: “‘Comfort Women’ Issue and Sexual Violence by the US Military in Okinawa in Visual Records”: Eriko Ikeda | |
| February | 1 | WAM de Video 2013 #1: “What is to live together with Okinawa – ‘One-foot Film Movement’ as a Starting Point”: Yoko Makato Shimabukuro |
| 2012 | December | 16 | Revisiting Yayori Matsui — Feminism to Oppose Colonialism（co-hosted with: AJWRC, WAM, VAWW RAC） |
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| 2 | Reporting Session of the situations in Okinawa and the Philippines “Sexual Violence under the US Military”: Suzuyo Takazato and Alma Bulawan （co-hosted with: Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research–Gender analysis of peace building in the age of backlash) | ||
| 1 | 8th Yayori Award Ceremony | ||
| 1 | Mini Exhibition: “10 Years since Passing away of Yayori Matsui”（until December 22nd） | ||
| November | 23 | WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition Seminar “Getting to Know about the Battle of Okinawa #2: Naomi Jahana | |
| October | 20 | WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition Seminar “Getting to Know about the Battle of Okinawa #1: Hirofumi Hayashi | |
| 17 | We disallow the Sexual Violence of the US Military! Urgent Action of Protest (co-hosted by: AJWRC, HHK, Peace Boat, and WAM) | ||
| 5 | WAM’s Autumn Special Seminer “Amours, Guerres et Sexualite — Representative of War and Gender”: Fabrice Virgili | ||
| September | 29 | WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition Seminar “Talking about Ms. Bae Bong-gi #2: Hyon-ok Kim | |
| 15 | WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition Seminar “Talking about Ms. Bae Bong-gi #1: Fumiko Kawata | ||
| 2 | WAM de Cafe ‘Comfort Women’ Issue A to Z | ||
| July | 1 | Opening Symposium for WAM’s 10th Special Exhibiton: Harumi Myagi and Suzuyo Takazato | |
| June | 23 | WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition: “Military Does Not Protect Women: Okinawa, Japan’s Military Comfort Stations and Sexual Violence by the US Military” starts | |
| Guided Tour by Project member of WAM’s 10th Special Exhibition | |||
| 17 | WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition: “The Lolas Standing Up ～from the Ravaged Islands in the Philippines” ends | ||
| 9 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition by Chieko Takemi #5 | ||
| 3 | WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition Seminar “Why Ex-soldiers Do not Talk about Sexual Violence — on Shohei Ooka’s Battle of Leyte”: Tai Hikosaka and Eriko Ikeda | ||
| May | 12 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition by Chieko Takemi #4 | |
| April | 21 | Talk Session for the Photo Exhibit: “‘Photo Voice’ to Pass down the Story of the War”: Jo Takeda | |
| 18 | Mini Photo Exhibit: “Truth about ‘The Red House'”(until June 17th) | ||
| 14 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition by Chieko Takemi #3 | ||
| March | 16 | WAM de Video 2012 #2: “Children in the Garbage Land”: Hiroshi Shinomiya | |
| 10 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition by Eriko Ikeda | ||
| February | 17 | WAM de Video 2012 #1: “KATARUNGAN! Justice to Lolas”: Chieko Takemi | |
| 4 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition by Chieko Takemi #2 | ||
| January | 22 | Workshop to Know about War and Women | |
| 14 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition by Chieko Takemi #1 |
| 2011 | December | 3 | 7th Yayori Award Ceremony |
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| November | 20 | WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition Seminar “Battle Field of the Philippines Ex-soldiers Gazed” #3: Jintaro Ishida | |
| October | 30 | WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition Seminar “Battle Field of the Philippines Ex-soldiers Gazed” #2: Tai Hikosaka | |
| 9 | WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition Seminar “Battle Field of the Philippines Ex-soldiers Gazed” #1: Toshimi Kumai | ||
| September | 10 | Guided Tour by Project member of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition #4: Eriko Ikeda | |
| 3 | Guided Tour by Project member of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition #3: Haruko Shibasaki | ||
| August | 27 | Guided Tour by Project member of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition #2: Yumiko Saito | |
| 20 | Guided Tour by Project member of WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition #1: Chieko Takemi | ||
| July | 2 | Opening Symposium for WAM’s 9th Special Exhibiton: Welcoming Ms. Fericidad De los Reyes | |
| 2 | WAM’s 9th Special Exhibition: “The Lolas Standing Up ～from the Ravaged Islands in the Philippines” starts | ||
| June | 26 | WAM’s 8th Special Exhibition: “10 years since the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal — Women’s Voices Change the World” ends | |
| 11 | WAM’s 8th Special Exhibition Seminar #3: WAM de Video We Shall Never Give up 10 years since WIWCT | ||
| May | 12 | WAM’s 8th Special Exhibition Seminar #2: Reading session of I still survived through – Stories of English Soldiers Who Became POW by Hiroko Sherwin | |
| April | 10 | WAM’s 8th Special Exhibition Seminar #1: Testimony of the former Japanese soldier “A-15-year-old child soldier, Tokuro Inokuma” | |
| February | 12 | wam de ART: Modern art, women and politics of Korea （co-hosted with: Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research– “Women Artists and Visual Representations in 20th Century: Memories of War and Diaspora in Asia”） | |
| January | 15 | Memorial Symposium Featuring Yun Suknam “Why Do I do art?” （co-hosted with: Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research– “Women Artists and Visual Representations in 20th Century: Memories of War and Diaspora in Asia”） |
| 2010 | December | 7 | Special Symposium: Testimonies of Ms. Wei Shaolan and Mr. Luo Shanxue from Guilin, China （co-hosted with: Shanxi Association for Uncovering the Facts, VAWW-NET Japan） |
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| 6 | Wartime Sexual Violence Contiunes — Current Situations in Afghanistan, Darfur and Kashmir（co-hosted with: AJWRC） | ||
| 5 | International Symposium: A Decade after the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal | ||
| 4 | 6th Yayori Award Ceremony | ||
| November | 13 | Autumn Seminar #3: Judgement and reconciliations (Co-hosted with VAWW-NET Japan) | |
| October | 30 | Memorial Symposium for Publication of the Documents of Court Case against NHK (Co-hosted with VAWW-NET Japan) | |
| 23 | Autumn Seminar #2: Women’s Tribunal from the perspectives of international law (Co-hosted with VAWW-NET Japan) | ||
| 2 | The Unquestioned Crime: Sexual Violence by German Soldiers during the War of Annihilation in the Soviet Union 1941-45 | ||
| September | 11 | Autumn Seminar #1: What was the Asia Women’s Fund? (Co-hosted with VAWW-NET Japan) | |
| July | 3 | WAM’s 8th Special Exhibition: “10 years since the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal — Women’s Voices Change the World” starts | |
| April | 24 | Briefing session for Exhibition in Shanxi, China: The meanings of holding an exhibition on Japan’s military sexual violence in China （hosted by The Organizing Committee for the exhibiton in Wuxiang） | |
| 17 | Briefing session in Tokyo: “People’s Tribunal of the indigenous women” trying the sexual violences during the civil war in Guatemala （co-hosted with RECOM） | ||
| March | 27 | Fieldwork Tour aroud Toyama Park (neighborhood area of WAM and Korai Museum) | |
| 26 | WAM de Video 2010 #4: “Breaking the Silence” | ||
| 5 | WAM de Video 2010 #3: “Winter Soldiers” | ||
| February | 12 | WAM de Video 2010 #2: “Testimonies: War of invasion” | |
| January | 22 | WAM de Video 2010 #1: “Nanjing: Memories torn apart” | |
| 9 | WAM de Art: Representation of the “comfort women” among paintings |
| 2009 | December | 13 | 5th Yayori Award Ceremony |
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| November | 20 | WAM’s 7th Special Exhibition Seminar #5: Sexuality of the Battlefield in War Literature | |
| 6 | WAM’s 7th Special Exhibition Seminar #4: “Comfort Women” Appear in War Movies | ||
| October | 25 | WAM’s 7th Special Exhibition Seminar #3: Testimony from the Battlefield in Philippines | |
| 11 | WAM’s 7th Special Exhibition Seminar #2: Testimony from the Battlefield in China | ||
| September | 27 | WAM’s 7th Special Exhibition Seminar #1: Testimony from the Fushun War Criminals Management Centre | |
| July | 20 | WAM de doksho – Reading Session #2: Reading the Works of Ding Ling | |
| 4 | WAM’s 7th Special Exhibition: “Testimony and Silence – former soldiers facing up to their crimes” starts | ||
| Opening Symposium for WAM’s 7th Special Exhibiton: Sexuality of the Former Soldiers in the Battlefield | |||
| June | 21 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition: “One day, Japanese troops came, and…” ends | |
| May | 23 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition by Mr. Kato #3 | |
| 9 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition by Mr. Kato #2 | ||
| April | 25 | Guided Tour of WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition by Mr. Kato #1 | |
| March | 27 | WAM de video 2008 #5: The rare film of Nanjing | |
| 6 | WAM de video 2008 #4: Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters | ||
| 1 | WAM Special Symposium: Japanese Soldiors in Shanxi Province, China and the Battlefield: on War Novels by Taijiro Tamura | ||
| February | 27 | WAM de doksho – Reading Session #1: War Novels by Taijiro Tamura | |
| 20 | WAM de video 2009 #3: “Visiting Da-niang in Yu District: 2008.3-4.” | ||
| 6 | WAM de video 2009 #2: “One Truth: A Hainanese ‘Comfort Women’ Testifies”, “Apo: Grandma” | ||
| January | 30 | WAM de video 2009 #1: “War of Da-niangs does not End” |
| 2008 | December | 7 | 4th Yayori Award Ceremony |
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| November | 22 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition Symposium: Testimony from Shanxi Province | |
| October | 17 | WAM Seminar: How we pass down the fact of “comfort women” issues – Construction of War and Women’s Human Rights Museum in Korea | |
| August | 22 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition Seminar #4: What we achieved through the trials – atrocities of the Japanese Army and the “comfort station” system | |
| 7 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition Seminar #3: The struggles of survivors in Shanxi, China | ||
| July | 25 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition Seminar #2: Nanjing Massacre and Sexual Violence | |
| 11 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibition Seminar #1: Young generations encountering the war in Hainan Island | ||
| June | 20 | WAM’s Special Symposium: How Japanese face up the war crimes | |
| 8 | Opening Symposium for WAM’s 6th Special Exhibiton: Testimonies of Wan Aihua and Yang Xiulian | ||
| 7 | WAM’s 6th Special Exhibit: The Day the Japanese Army Came: The Horrors of the Battlefield and Comfort Women Stations in China | ||
| April | 19 | WAM Symposium: How Do We Teach about The ‘Comfort Women’ Issue? | |
| March | 22 | WAM Symposium: Shirota Suzuko Speaks About What was done to Japanese Women who Were Forced to Become’Comfort Women’: The History of Okinawa and Suzuko Shirota (Former Japanese “Comfort Woman”) |
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| 7 | 3.8 International Women’s Day Participation in The International Solidarity Action to Demand The Japanese Government Take Responsibility, Apologize and Compensate former ‘Comfort Women’ | ||
| February | 13 | International Solidarity Movement Participation in the Wednesday Demonstration (the Korean “comfort women” and their supports initiated this demonstration. Sometimes these ‘Harumoni’ (‘Grandmothers’ in Korean) invite others to organize demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy simultaneously world wide International Solidarity Movement Participation in the Wednesday Demonstration (occurs simultaneously world wide) |
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| 20 & 21 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) of East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Exhibit in East Timor |
| 2007 | December | 9 | 2nd Yayori Journalism Award Ceremony |
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| November | 14 | WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Invitation to WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Lecture: How textbooks describe “Comfort Women” and Debate on Recollections of History Lecture by Yoshifumi Tawara |
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| 2 | Invitation to WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Lecture: The “Comfort Women” Issue and the World Lecture by Mina Watanabe (General Secretary of WAM) |
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| October | 19 | WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Invitation to WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Lecture: Court Cases of “Comfort Women” and the Resulting Empowerment Lecture by Noriko Omori (Lawyer) |
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| 5 | WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High Schooll Students Invitation to WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Lecture: Listening to the Victims Testimonies to Better Understand the Reality of the ‘Comfort Women’ System Lecture by Ms. Rumiko Nishino (WAM’s Director) |
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| September | 13 | Invitation to WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit and Seminar: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students Lecture: What are The Japanese Imperial Army and “Comfort Women”? Lecture by Hiroshi Hayashi |
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| August | 15 | Kanita Tour (Home for Ex-Prostitutes) and Memorial Service | |
| 13 & 14 | Comfort Women Information Hotline Re-opens | ||
| 11 | WAM Symposium: I Understand This Much! The Japanese Imperial Army “Comfort Women” System (WAM, Joint Sponsor: Japan War Time Responsibility Center) | ||
| 4, 18, 25 | Guided Tour Let’s Go and See WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students | ||
| June | 7, 14, 21, 28 | Guided Tour Let’s Go and See WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students | |
| 2 | Opening and Commemorative Symposium of WAM’s 5th Special Exhibit: ‘Comfort Women’ For Junior High School Students WAM Symposium: The ‘Comfort Women’ Issue for me Lecture by: Michiko Takahashi (in Junior High School Teacher) Murakami Mai (Kyoto Committee for Simultaneous the Testimony Hearings throughout Japan in Order to Solve Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery Issue , KOTANI Naoko (Kobe Women’s College), Takahashi Kentarou (Hainan Net- a Support group to support the lawsuits of Comfort Women Survivors of Hainan Island, China) and others. |
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| May | 15 & 16 | WAM Symposium: International Pax Christi 2007 Peace Award Ceremony | |
| 11 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Seminar Lecture: Support and Struggles of The Catholic Church Lecture by: Sister Yoko Nakamura (Handmaids of the Sacred Heart) |
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| April | 21 | WAM Symposium: The Results of the Investigation of East Timor ‘Comfort Women’ Lecture by Angelina de Araujo member of the HAK Association (Association for Law, Human Rights and Justice) |
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| 6 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) of East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Seminar Lecture: Solidarity Movement in Japan Lecture by: Shigeto Takahashi (Graduate Student of the University of Waseda, former NGO staff in East Timor) |
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| March | 23 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Seminar Lecture: International Solidarity and Women’s Struggle Lecture by: Ms. Eriko Ikeda (TV Director and Chief of WAM’s Executive Committee) |
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| 9 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Seminar Lecture: Attempts to Seek Truth and Reconciliation and Settlement Lecture by Akihisa Matsuno (National Council for East Timor, Osaka University of Foreign Studies) |
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| February | 23 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Lecture: East Timor as Presented by the Media Lecture by Takeshi Watai (Video Journalist, Asia Press International) |
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| 4 | WAM Seminar: Social and Cultural Background of Violence Towards Women- Challenges for Bangladesh Women’s NGO’s | ||
| January | 11 | WAM Seminar: Unspoken History of Sexual Violence During the Cambodian Civil War |
| 2006 | December | 17 | Opening Ceremony for WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) East Timor- Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government Commemorative Speech by Kiyoko Furusawa and Akihisa. Matsuno |
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| 16 | WAM`s 4th Special Exhibit: Women Who Survived the War (The Fifteen Years War) East Timor – Under the Rule of The Japanese Imperial Army and of the Indonesia Government | ||
| 10 | Ceremony of the 2006 Yayori Award and Symposium: American Military Bases and Violence Towards Women In South Korea | ||
| November | 19 | 1st Yaoyori Journalism Award Symposium | |
| 18 | 1st Yaoyori Journalism Award Photograph Exhibit “Nepal: Ongoing Journey” | ||
| 10 | WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 2 The ‘Harumoni’ (‘Grandmothers’ in Korean) of North Korea Lecture by Ms. Kim Young (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan) |
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| October | 26 | WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 2 Lecture: “Comfort Women” Abandoned in China Lecture by Kim Pu-ja (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan) |
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| 13 | WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 2 Lecture The People of The House of Sharing Lecture by Ms. Eriko Ikeda |
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| September | 30 | WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 2 and Special Symposium Investigating The Japanese Army’s “Comfort Women” of Burma Lecture by Machiko Morikawa (Researcher on the “Comfort Women” of Burma) and Toru Nemoto (Professor of Sophia University Specialist on Burma |
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| 18 | National Meeting: Newspaper Research Team | ||
| August | 26 | Guided Tour: WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture: August- Learning About Song Shin-do Lecture Terumi Kinomura (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan) |
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| 19 | Guided Tour: WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture: August- Learning About Song Shin-do Lecture by Yuko Sugiyama (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan) |
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| 15 | Gathering with ‘Harumoni’ (‘grandmothers’ in Korean) Organized by: Proactive Network of The Japanese Imperial Army “Comfort Women” Issue |
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| 14 | Participation in Candle Vigil Bring the Light of Peace to the Darkness of the Yasukini Shrine (controversial shrine dedicated exclusively to Japan Soldiers not excluding Japan’s Class A War Criminals) |
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| 12 | Guided Tour of WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture August- Learning About Song Shin-do Lecture by: Chikako Shintani (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan) |
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| 9 | International Solidarity Movement WAM Participates in the Wednesday Demonstration in Tokyo (Lantern Demonstration) (the Korean comfort women and their supports initiated this demonstration. Sometimes these Harumoni invite others to organize demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy simultaneously world wide) |
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| 7 & 8 | The “Comfort Women” Information Hotline Re-opens | ||
| 5 | Guided Tour WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture 1: August- Learning About Song Shin-do Lecture by: Cyu Su-ja (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan) |
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| July | 30 | Seminar on WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture 6: Korean Women’s Struggle Against Sexual ViolenceLecture by: Eriko Ikeda (TV Director and Chief of WAM’s Executive Committee) |
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| 14 | Seminar on WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture The System of Rule of Colonization and “Comfort Women” Lecture by: Ms. Kim Pu-ja (Ochanomizu University) |
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| June | 30 | Seminar on WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture The Struggles of Song Shin-do (former “Comfort Woman”) Lecture by: Yang Chin-jya |
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| 30 | Guided Tour of WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Guide: Ms. Fumiko Kawada |
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| 16 | Seminar on WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture: Pak Yong-sim (former Comfort Woman) and the “Comfort Women” of North Korea Lecture by: Rumiko Nishino (Director of WAM) |
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| 2 | Seminar on WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean “Comfort Women” Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Lecture: The Colonization and Control of Korea and the Licensed Prostitution System Lecture by Song Youn-ok (Professor at Aoyama University) |
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| May | 20 | Opening seminar of WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean Comfort Women Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during the 15 year War) Commemorative Lecture: 25 Years of Research- Searching For the Abandoned Korean “Comfort Women” Lecture by: Yoon Jung-ok (Pioneer in Action Oriented/Survivor Research on Korean “Comfort Women”. Yoon Jung-ok was the 1st woman to publicize information on this issue) |
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| 19 | WAM`s 1st catalog: “All About The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal” published | ||
| April | 29 | Start of WAM`s 3rd Special Exhibit: Korean Comfort Women Abandoned (in countries where Japanese troops fought during The Fifteen Years War) Guide: Rumiko Nishino |
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| 21 | Seminar on WAM 2nd Special Exhibit: The entire works of Ms. Matsui Yayori Ms. Yayori Matsu as Editorial Staff of Asahi Shinbun (A Japanese Newspaper) Lecture by Tetsuharu Shibata (former Editing Chief of the ‘Society’ Section) of The Asahi Shinbun |
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| March | 18 | WAM Symposium: Japanese People who Supported the Korean Democratic Movement- Why did We Support it and What did we Learn? | |
| February | 12 | WAM 2nd Special Exhibit (start of guided tour) |
| 2005 | December | 11 | Opening of WAM’s 2nd Special Exhibit: The entire works of Ms. Yayori Matsui |
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| November | 23 – December 4 | The House of Nanumu Exhibition: Drawings and Photographs | |
| 23 | Itotari Performance Event | ||
| October | 28 | ‘WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 1: Records of Images of the Victims of Sexual violence Inflicted by The Japanese Imperial Army and Support Campaign for These Women Investigation and Digging for Facts in East Timor Lecture by Kiyoko Furusawa (National Council for East Timor and Tokyo Women`s University) and Akihisa Matsuno (National Council for East Timor and Osaka University of Foreign Studies) |
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| 21 | ‘WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 1: Records of Images of the Victims of Sexual violence Inflicted by The Japanese Imperial Army and Support Campaign for These Women: 14 years with Ms. Song Shin-do a former “Comfort Woman” and Korean resident living in Japan Lecture by Fumiko Kawada (Support Committee for former “Comfort Women” that are also Korean residents in Japan and Non-fiction Writer) |
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| 14 | ‘WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 1: Records of Images of the Victims of Sexual violence Inflicted by The Japanese Imperial Army and Support Campaign for These Women Results of the Research on the Victims of Sexual Violence Inflicted Upon the Women of San Xi Province (China) Lecture by Kimiko Kawami (Committee to Explore the Historical Truth About San Sei Shyo) |
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| 7 | ‘WAM de Video’ Video Forum # 1: Records of Images of the Victims of Sexual violence Inflicted by The Japanese Imperial Army and Support Campaign for These Women Former Taiwanese “Comfort Women” ‘Ah Mah’ (‘Grandmothers’ in Taiwanese) Coming Out and Support Campaign for These Women Lecture by Yoko Shiba (Committee for Supporting Former Taiwanese Comfort Women) |
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| September | 30 | Meeting on the meeting with the UN regarding the “Comfort Women” Issue Lecture by Akira Maeda and. Keiko Yasuhara |
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| August | 27 | Seminar on WAM`s 1st Special Exhibit: All About The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal Event 4 The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal’sLegal Framework and Due Processes Lecture by Seiko Kawaguchi (Lawyer) |
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| 20 | Seminar on WAM`s 1st Special Exhibit: All About The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal Event #3 Why Did We Hold The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal? Lecture by: Rumiko Nishino (Director of WAM) |
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| 16 &17 | “Comfort Women” Information Hotline (formed) WAM encourages anyone with information about the “Comfort Women” Issue to call |
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| 13 | Seminar on WAM`s 1st Special Exhibit: All About The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal Lecture: Documents, Surveys and Research of WWII Troops, War and Violence Lecture by Hiroshi Hayashi (Kanto Gakuin University) |
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| 12 | WAM participated in the International August World Solidarity Action | ||
| 10 | International Solidarity Movement Participation in the Wednesday Demonstration (the Korean “comfort women” and their supports initiated this demonstration. Sometimes these ‘Harumoni’ (‘Grandmothers’ in Korean) invite others to organize demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy simultaneously world wide) | ||
| 6 | Seminar on WAM`s 1st Special Exhibit: All About The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal Event #1 The Emperor Hirohito of and his responsibility for The Fifteen Years War. Lecture by Akira Yamada (Meji University) |
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| 1 | WAM`s 1st Special Exhibit: The All about The Women`s International War Crimes Tribunal opens to the public | ||
| July | 31 | Women`s Active Museum War and Peace Opening Ceremony | |
| 29 | Women`s Active Museum War and Peace Open Press Conference |