List of former comfort women

This is a list of human rights activists who were forced by the Japanese Imperial Army to work in military brothels as "comfort women" during World War II.

Several decades after the end of the war, these women demanded a formal apology and a compensation from the Government of Japan, with varying levels of success.

Dutch East Indies

 * Jan Ruff O'Herne (1923-)
 * Ellen van der Ploeg

Korea

 * Kim Hak-sun (1924-1997)
 * Song Sin-do

Taiwan

 * Liu Huang A-tao (1923–2011)

The Philippines

 * Rosa Henson (1927-97)
 * Walterina Markova