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Demonstration by Comfort Women ahead of WW2 anniversary

(10 Aug 2005) 1. Close up of Lee Yong-su, former "comfort woman" of Japanese Military during World War II 2. Close up of protestors singing 3. Close up of Lee Yong-su listening to the song 4. Tracking shot of protestors singing 5. Close up of hand-made banner depicting the story of comfort women 6. Close up of banner 7. Close up of women holding banner reading " Japanese government should apologise and give compensation to the victims of rapes during World War" 8. Lee Yong-su and Japanese protesters (holding photos of other former comfort women) shaking hands 9. SOUNDBITE (Korean) of Lee Yong-su, former comfort woman: "As you see, supporters are standing here to protests with me. I don't know what else to say. I feel like nothing changes despite what I ever say. I simply can not forgive Japanese government." 10. Various of photo of former comfort woman 11. Pan from Rumiko Nishino to protestors holding up their fists as they shout " Justice, justice, justice!" 12. Close up of photo of former comfort woman 13. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Rumiko Nishino, director, Women's Active Museum on War and Peace: "This year marks the 60th anniversary since the end of the World War II. Yet, here in Japan, there is the denial on the recognition of the comfort women issue. And Japanese government is not facing the advice that United Nation is giving to the Japanese government. Time is running out for the victims. We hope that Japanese government start working on this matter immediately to resolve this problem. We decided to have this protest not only in Japan today but also in cities through out world as one voice." 14. Various of exterior of Japanese parliament STORYLINE: A couple of days before the 60th anniversary marking the end of the World War II, a former South Korean comfort woman and about 150 Japanese supporters protested close to the Japanese parliament in Tokyo on Wednesday. Historians estimate at least 20,000 women, mostly from Korea and the Philippines but also from China, Indonesia and the Netherlands, were pressed into wartime prostitution for millions of Japanese soldiers stationed throughout Asia. Resentment over Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula runs deep in both South and North Korea. Colonial rule ended with Japan's World War II defeat on 15th August 1945. Since 1992, former Korean comfort women have held a protest every Wednesday in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Today is the closest Wednesday before the anniversary of the end of the war and organisers hope there will be protests in four other cities -Seoul, San Francisco, Netherland, and New York. 78 year-old Lee Yong-su, a former sex slave from South Korea, led the protest in Tokyo. At the age of 16, Lee was forcibly taken to Taiwan which Japan occupied at that time and spent three years there as a sex slave for Japanese military. Lee says that she had to take more than couple of "customers" every day and was given electric shocks when she tried to escape. It was only after the defeat of Japan that Lee could go back to Korea. Japanese courts have rejected a number of lawsuits brought by former sex slaves and the Japanese government refuses to provide official compensation, saying such issues were handled under post-war treaties. According to protest organiser, the former sex slaves were still hoping for compensation, despite Japan's decision to close down a fund by 2007, financed by private donations, set up for that purpose. The fund has given money and medical assistance to 285 women in the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...