Asian Women's Fund
1994–2007 Japanese fund for comfort women / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Asian Women's Fund (財団法人女性のためのアジア平和国民基金, zaidan hojin josei-no tame no Ajia heiwa kokumin kikin), also abbreviated to アジア女性基金 in Japanese, was a fund set up by the Japanese government in 1994 to distribute monetary compensation to comfort women in South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Indonesia.[1] Approximately ¥600 million ($5 million) was donated by the people of Japan and a total of ¥4.8 billion ($40 million) was provided by the Government of Japan.[2][3] Each survivor was provided with a signed apology from the prime minister, stating "As Prime Minister of Japan, I thus extend anew my most sincere apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women."[4] The fund was dissolved on March 31, 2007.[5]
財団法人女性のためのアジア平和国民基金 | |
Formation | June 19, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-06-19) |
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Founder | Bunbei Hara |
Dissolved | March 31, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-31) |
Website | https://awf.or.jp/ |
Formerly called | Asian Peace and Friendship Fund for Women |