Introduction to Su Zhiliang and his research team on the Chinese "comfort women" issue
苏智良是上海师范大学长期从事“慰安妇”问题研究的学者，其研究团队以中国大陆幸存者调查、口述史、慰安所遗址调查及 […]
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The Research Center for Chinese "Comfort Women" Issues at Shanghai Normal University
The Research Center for Chinese “Comfort Women” Issues is a leading academic institution in the field, affiliated with Shanghai Normal University. It conducts survivor registration, oral history collection, and public education on the history of the “comfort women” system.
Read More →Su Zhiliang's Team: Tracing 358 Survivors over Three Decades
Since 1991, Professor Su Zhiliang and his team at Shanghai Normal University have conducted field investigations to document survivors of Japan’s wartime “comfort women” system in China. Their three decades of work have confirmed 358 survivors on the Chinese mainland, forming a vital empirical foundation for historical research.
Read More →The Complete History of "Comfort Women": A Scholarly Synthesis of Thirty-Three Years of Investigation
Published in August 2025 as a state publishing fund project, this comprehensive work presents the findings of thirty-three years of field investigation by a team led by scholars at Shanghai Normal University. It is a key academic reference on the history of Japan’s wartime “comfort women” system.
Read More →Rights of the Study on Japan's "Comfort Women" Exported to Multiple Countries
According to public reports, the oral history research monograph on Japans comfort women has had its publication rights exported to multiple countries. The export expands international access to Chinese scholarship on the issue.
Read More →Two Decades of Oral History Collection at the Shanghai Normal University Center
The Research Center for Chinese “Comfort Women” Issues has conducted oral history collection for over twenty years, preserving first-hand testimonies from survivors. This foundational work supports academic research and public memory of the “comfort women” system.
Read More →Chu Te-lan of Academia Sinica: Research on Taiwanese "Comfort Women"
Chu Te-lan, a researcher at the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences of Academia Sinica in Taiwan, has long studied Taiwanese victims of the “comfort women” system. Her published work includes studies and survey records on this subject. This entry lists only her public academic positions and achievements.
Read More →A Review of Japanese Scholarship on the "Comfort Women" Issue
This review surveys Japanese academic research on the “comfort women” system, mapping the development of domestic scholarship and its principal topics. It serves as a reference for researchers studying the issue from a Japanese perspective.
Read More →CIIS Research on Thirty Years of Historical Memory since the Kono Statement
The China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) has published research reviewing the international understanding of the “comfort women” issue thirty years after the Kono Statement. The study examines how the issue has been framed in international discourse and memory.
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