Native name | 特殊慰安施設協会 (Japanese) |
|---|---|
| Founded | August 23, 1945 |
| Defunct | March 25, 1946 |
| Fate | Facilities placed off limits on March 25, 1946 and closed shortly thereafter.[1][2][3]: 162 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Japan |
| Services | Prostitution |
Number of employees | 55,000 total,[2] 2,000 prostitutes[3]: 155 |
The Recreation and Amusement Association (Japanese: 特殊慰安施設協会, Hepburn: Tokushu Ian Shisetsu Kyōkai, lit. 'Special Comfort Facility Association') or RAA, was the largest of the organizations established by Japanese authorities to provide organized prostitution to prevent rapes and sexual violence by Allied occupation troops on the general population,[4][5] and to create other leisure facilities for occupying Allied troops immediately following World War II. The RAA recruited 55,000 women and was short-lived.
- ^ Kramm, Robert (26 September 2017). Sanitized Sex: Regulating Prostitution, Venereal Disease, and Intimacy in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952. University of California Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-520-96869-1.
- ^ a b Kristof, Nicholas (1995-10-27). "Fearing G.I. Occupiers, Japan Urged Women Into Brothels". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ^ a b Tanaka, Yuki (2002). Japan's Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery and Prostitution During World War II and the U.S. Occupation. Routledge.
- ^ Schrijvers, Peter (2002). The GI War Against Japan. New York City: New York University Press. p. 212. ISBN 0814798160
- ^ Svoboda, Terese (2008-05-04). "Race and American Military Justice: Rape, Murder, and Execution in Occupied Japan". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 2013-05-18.