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Panpans…”quite the experience”

  Published Date: October 10, 2016  1 Comment on Panpans…”quite the experience”
Occupied Japan was a nation aiming to rebuild through any means necessary with, of course, the assistance of the good ole U.S.-of-A. For some, this meant adapting to the democratic changes in lifestyle and government. For others (namely Japanese women), this meant engaging in prostitution brothels and ‘street-walking’ to earn a living. As presented by […]

Author: Ashleigh Grubb

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  1. The episode of prostitution in postwar Japan is certainly interesting. It seems to have been a necessary evil in those times, with women trying to scrounge up as much money as they could in destroyed cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. I know that during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, many mainland Japanese women were taken over to be “comfort girls” for the soldiers. I’m interested in knowing if those women who were in Manchuria continued their practices back on the mainland or not.

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