Representative Mike Honda (D-CA) has introduced what is now *House Resolution 121*, which expresses the sense of the House of Representatives of the United States that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for it’s sexual enslavement of “comfort women” during it’s occupation of Asia in the first half of the 20th century. The majority of the 200,000 victims were Korean girls and women, many of them in their teens.

The resolution is sponsored so far by Representatives Edward R. Royce (CA-40), Christopher H. Smith (NJ-4), Diane E. Watson (CA-33), David Wu (OR-1), Phil Hare (IL-17), and Delegate Madaleine Bordallo (GU). Previous similar efforts were blocked successfully by powerful lobbyists for the Japanese government and those who believe that such a resolution would damage relations with Tokyo.

A hearing on this resolution is scheduled for Thursday, February 15t.

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