日本軍「慰安婦」問題における河野談話をめぐる争点に関する考察 - 否定する側と肯定する側の論点を中心に-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare and to analyse between the negative and positive sides on this issues and considerate about the issues. The negative side on the Kono Statement argues that even though there is no document that implies the government coercion, government has admitted it according to the testimony of former victims of the sexual slavery and this is the problem. To summarize the issues concerning the 「coercion」of the both side, the negative side argues that 「Narrow sense of coercion」which means violations and threats by the military force or the authorities is the only coercion and there is no such document implies it so there was no government coercion. In contrast, the positive side argues that mobilization of the sexual slavery against their will by sweet-talk, deception, human trafficking, abduction is 「Broad sense of coercion」 and it is government coercion as well. Moreover, 「Broad sense of coercion」also means transfer under the surveillance, restriction of the freedom in the sexual slavery facility, forcing the life of sexual slave, and the general coercion on the sexual slavery. They say though there is no document that implies the government coercion in Chosen, but it is validated in China and South East Asia. By this, the legitimacy of the negative side, by confining the coercion to only the method of mobilization, results in the desertion on the issue of the sexual slavery facility which is crucial on this sexual slavery issue. The sexual slaves existed in the whole place where japanese military forces occupied and stationed, but the negative side is confining the place only to Chosen. This reduces the entire issue to only the problem between Korea and Japan, and ultimately distorts the Japanese military sexual slavery issue.