In February 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, designated December 13 as the “National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims.”
“Comfort women” were a group of women who were coerced by the Japanese army into working as sex slaves during WWⅡ.Of these, Chinese women made up half of the total number of 400,000. They were forced into comfort women centers and allocated to Japanese army as military supplies.
Shinzo Abe, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), swept to victory and was re-elected as the 98th Prime Minister of Japan. Some see this victory as formal recognition that he is embarking on a period of “ultra-long term rule”, which means that he no longer has to concern himself with electoral politics.
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