Filipina comfort women survivors gather in a small courtyard to denounce unspeakable atrocities at the hands of Japanese invaders during World War II, in Mapanique of Candaba, Pampanga province, the Philippines, July 6, 2025. - Xinhua
MANILA: As the rain subsided over Mapanique, a quiet village nestled in the rice fields of Candaba in Pampanga province, the Philippines, the air seemed to still carry the dust of the 1940s.
On the morning of July 6, ten elderly women gathered in a small courtyard under a makeshift canopy. The youngest was 92, the oldest 96. They are survivors, Filipina comfort women who endured unspeakable atrocities at the hands of Japanese invaders during World War II.
