From the 1932 until the end of World War II, the Japanese military and government exploited women across the pacific, through the creation and operation of comfort stations (Hirofumi 1). The establishment of "comfort women" by the Japanese was a taboo topic directly after WWII, and was never mentioned or revealed to the public until the 1990's, when women around the globe began speaking out about the atrocities committed against them during the war (Song 1). Since then, various investigations, studies, and hearings have been conducted on this affair, allowing these women to gain the voice they never had and needed for over half a century(MOFA). Comfort stations were established in territories under Japanese control during the war, including areas across China, and throughout Southeast Asia; Taiwan, Malay, Thai, Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, Vietnam, India, Timor, Japan, Korea and other Pacific islands (Hirofumi 3). These women were used to boost soldier's morale and enhance the war effort by providing sexual recreation for the officers. The stations were also used to prevent rape of indigenous women, and were especially key after the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, which damaged the Japanese Military's reputation internationally. The majority of these women did not survive the war, mostly due to disease, however some were brought to the front lines to relieve soldiers during battle, but were abandoned afterwards. Other comfort women were beaten and killed, and some even committed suicide out of shame and fear (Varga 290). Women were recruited for the comfort station by private recruiters appointed by the Japanese military; some were lured in convinced they would be formally working, others taken from POW camps located in Southeast Asia. Many were kidnapped and forced into the system against there own will (MOFA). During the war, there were two types of comfort stations; Type-1 and Type-2. Type-1 stations were located in urban areas, dire