Was Comfort House's System Peculiar to Japanese Army?
Even now, many Korean comfort women, called "Yansekishi", are working in the U.S.armedforces' military base, Tondoutyon, Korea. Comfort women must have a medical checkup at Korean health centers once a week, and they must post health in Japanese Army? - in case of America" written by Kazuhiro Satou) From 27th, August 1945 to February 1946, U.S. army permitted RAA to control comfort stations in Japan in order to get rid of U.S. Army soldiers' sexual desire. U.S. Army established RR center (comfort station) at Ogura, Osaka, Yokohama in the Korean War.
According to "AWM54, 267/6/17, Part 6", Australian Army established comfort stations in Syria, Palestine, and Tripoli. In the case of Soviet Army, a Japanese officer testified that Jewish and Polish comfort women, who were abducted and forced into prostitution by the Soviet Army, travelled stationed areas. (According to" Soldiers that disappeared into the fog" written by Shougorou Suzuki.) Moreover, Chinese Army seemed to establish comfort stations under Chinese Army's control.
"In February 1946, Soviet soldiers took a lot of Japanese soldiers to Soviet and withdrew from Manzhou. In the place of Soviet Army, Chinese National Party's Army occupied Manzhou to fight against Chinese Communist Party's Army. Another war broke out. A lot of Japanese women were beaten and forced to become comfort women by Chinese National Party's Army and Chinese Communist Party's Army. I was threaten and became a captive, and I was raped by a divisional commander of Chinese National Party's Army." (According to "Women's Pacific War - the first volume" written by Asahi newspaper publishing company)
"A train temporarily stopped. Whenever a train stopped, Chinese Communist Party's soldiers took away valuables repatriates were carrying. . . Women were pulled down by Chinese Communist Party's soldiers from the train. . . Women were taken to Tianjin comfort station. They were forced into prostitution day and night for Chinese Communist Party Army's soldiers for two years." According to "Various Topics of Women War" by Shigeru Tomisawa)
A comfort woman was abducted by a Chinese Communist troop at Yingcheng. However, the lucky and successful negotiation which exchanged the troop's commanding officer's sister who was arrested Japanese military police with the comfort woman was settled. That Comfort woman was exchanged at the top of a bridge in Xingou. According to her testimonies, she was forced into prostitution at comfort station by the Chinese Communist Army. Chinese Communist soldiers made a line and waited their turn, the comfort woman thought how many soldiers on earth would make her prostitution and she counted the number of soldiers. She counted about 30 men, but finished counting because she felt much trouble. Chinese Communist Party Army's comfort station was ticket system, on the other hand, Japanese soldiers could not play with comfort women unless Japanese soldiers have money. She felt sorry for Japanese soldiers. ("Hankou Comfort Station" written by Ken'ichi Nagasawa)