A Sankei Shimbun feature reports that an alumni journal of a former Pyongyang middle school collected testimonies from those who lived in Korea before and during the war regarding the comfort women issue.
Including statements from a 95-year-old former military doctor, the project seeks to present firsthand recollections and challenge prevailing narratives.

In the first issue of its sequel published last autumn, it called for submissions titled “Opinions from Residents in Korea to Dispel False Reports on the ‘Comfort Women.’”
2018-01-29
The following is from the third installment of a feature article published on page 6 of yesterday’s Sankei Shimbun.

A 95-Year-Old Former Military Doctor Who Conducted Medical Examinations
Korean Comfort Women Cheerfully Called Out
There is an alumni journal titled “Baikō (Daedong River)” from the former Pyongyang First Middle School.
In the first issue of its sequel published last autumn, it called for submissions titled “Opinions from Residents in Korea to Dispel False Reports on the ‘Comfort Women.’”
The opening section explains its purpose.
“We lived in what are now South Korea and North Korea before, during, and after the war. As those who know the truths and facts of that time, we cannot bear to see and cannot overlook the current situation in which lies and fabrications regarding the ‘comfort women’ are being widely circulated. To restore the honor of our homeland Japan and to pass on a history our children and grandchildren can be proud of, we submit these truths and facts as our final service.”
Pyongyang is now the capital of North Korea.
The school was founded in Taishō 4 (1915), under Japanese rule, as a branch of Keijō Middle School (located in present-day Seoul, South Korea).
While its name changed from Pyongyang Middle School to Pyongyang First Middle School, it produced many talented individuals as one of Korea’s prestigious middle schools alongside Keijō Middle School until its closure at the end of the war.
“Baikō” is another name for the Daedong River that flows through the center of Pyongyang.
Due to aging membership, the alumni association dissolved three years ago, but wishing to preserve a place for exchange, volunteers published a sequel last year.
The reason they included submissions regarding the comfort women issue was their strong anger at the excessive lies and fabrications now being spread worldwide, continuing to damage the honor of the Japanese people.
Shūkō Nagao (88), who handled editing, emphasized: “Comfort woman statues are being erected around the world, and things that are not factual are being accepted as truth. This is absolutely unacceptable. Now is the time for those who actually saw and heard events of that era to stand up and raise their voices.”
In response to this call, an intriguing testimony was submitted by a senior who had served as a military doctor.