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                    [Title] => Still no justice for comfort women, group says
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Justice remains elusive for former Filipino comfort women 74 years after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, a women’s group said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-08 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1357623 [Title] => Former comfort women protest at Japanese embassy [Summary] =>

Former Filipino comfort women, their children and grandchildren staged a protest in front of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines today, demanding recognition and compensation from the Japanese government for sexual slavery its soldiers committed in World War II.

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Filipino women forced into prostitution by the Japanese military during World War II marched Wednesday to the Japanese Embassy to demand justice and to criticize Philippine President Benigno Aquino III's silence on the issue during his visit to Japan.

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A tearful Philippine woman recounted Sunday how she was kidnapped by Japanese troops during World War II and coerced into sex slavery, as she and her supporters gathered to demand Japan do more to bring justice to former "comfort women."

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-12 09:12:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/4295/ceu4.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241341 [Title] => Comfort women run for justice [Summary] => In bid to prompt the government to acknowledge their plight, Filipina comfort women of World War II took part in a "justice" run yesterday morning at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.

Old age did not stop some 25 elderly women from jogging to the finish line to show their determination in seeking justice amid the junking of their case in Japan last December 2003.
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