II) Some brothels actually gathered a lot of women under 21 years old as prostitutes. This violated "the International Treaty about the Prohibition of Women and Children trade." However, a lot of prostitutes under 21 years old have existed during and after World War II. This international treaty has been worthless from that time to now. Is Japanese government responsible for its action by this ineffective law?
Japanese Army and government did not leave the bad conducts of brothel's dealers. "Manual of Police's Execution About Making a Voyage" describes:
IV) When people applied police station for identification cards in order to make a voyage to China, police investigated their birth date, occupation, purpose of making a voyage, term, and related papers of the application. When women from 12 to 20 years old would make a voyage to China, police investigated their application of "Employment System About Young People" and related laws and ordinances.
The document, "Cases how to handle the women who would make a voyage to China" describes:
I ) Government office and prefectural governor may permit the voyage of comfort women, and they issued ID cards only when the women match the following regulation: The present occupation is legal prostitution or prostitution in Japan. They must be over 21 years old without contagious diseases such as venereal diseases. Voyage to northern or middle China.
As Japanese government's policy at that time, Japanese government kept "The International Treaty about the Prohibition of Women and Children trade" and adopted effective measures in order to prevent illegal comfort women.
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