(From left) Former "comfort women" Lee Yong-soo of South Korea, Narcisa Claveria and Estelita Dy from the Philippines, were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II. - AP
TOKYO: Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical documents reviewed by Kyodo News service that highlight the state role in the so-called "comfort women” system.
The 23 documents were gathered by Japan's Cabinet Secretariat between April 2017 and March 2019, including 13 classified dispatches from the Japanese consulates in China to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo dating back to 1938, according to Kyodo.
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