1939-1945日佔海南下的皇軍「慰安婦」

The 'Comfort Women' under the Japanese Imperial Army during the Japanese Occupation of the Hai-nan Islands, 1939-1945

歷來有關戰前日本從軍「慰安婦」問題，學術界利用官方檔案和口述歷史，已經獲得若干顯著的成果，但是這些論著因受到大量資料被燒毀或尚未出土的限制，故仍保留不少有待深入與客觀探討的空間。本文為彌補前人研究之不足，擬根據較多的文獻和口述記錄，以日佔海南島（1939-1945）為範圍，試對戰前日軍為何要發動侵華戰爭？日軍如何攻佔海南島？日本財閥企業如何協助皇軍統治海南島？海南皇軍的「慰安婦」的實況如何等問題，作一比較實證性的分析。

Most scholars researching the 'comfort women' (wei-an fu) drafted by the Japanese army during the Second World War have tended to rely upon official documents and oral histories. While they have achieved impressive results, a large amount of primary source material was either lost or destroyed. Moreover, documents from the Japanese colonization of Taiwan have yet to be extensively used for the study of 'comfort women'. For the convenience of discussion, I have written a case study that focuses on the period when Japan occupied the Hai-nan islands. In this paper, I attempt to answer the following questions: Why did the Japanese army launch an invasion of China? How did the Japanese army conquer the Hai-nan islands? How did the Japanese zaibatsu help the Japanese army govern Hai-nan? The paper concludes with a comparative study of Hai-nan 'comfort women' and those who served in other war theatres with the Japanese military.