Archives were created after the Chinese government took over property occupied by Imperial Japanese troops and during the investigation of the aftermath of Japan's defeat.
After the victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, the Nanjing Municipal Government's subordinate agencies (the Takeover Committee and the War Loss Investigation Committee) kept records of Japan's wartime occupation of civilian houses in Nanjing to establish "comfort stations" during the process of taking over Japanese-occupied assets and investigating war losses.
During the process of taking over properties occupied by Imperial Japanese troops and investigating war damage, the agencies under the Nanjing Municipal Government (the Reception Committee and Committee for Investigating the War Damages) compiled the following records indicating Japan's seizure of civilian homes in Nanjing to set up comfort stations:
1. A report on the seizure of houses at No. 129 Sitiaoxiang for the setting up of comfort stations in October 1945. (Nanjing Municipal Archives)
2. A petition and investigation report on citizen Huang Huifeng’s three-story house at Guanshangbu Street, forcibly taken by Japanese national Hideyoshi to set up a comfort station in November 1945. (Nanjing Municipal Archives) 3. A petition submitted in November 1945 by Hideyoshi Nobuyoshi regarding the establishment of comfort stations on Gonggong Street in Xiaguan. (Nanjing Municipal Archives)
4. A report on the property losses regarding the seizure of No. 8 Yizhiyuan by the Japanese Army to set up as a comfort station on December 1, 1947. (Nanjing Municipal Archives)