In 1992, Chuo University history professor Yoshimi Yoshiaki published the first paper documenting the participation of the Japanese military in the comfort women scheme. The public airing of military documents concerning the recruitment and transport of comfort women during World War II forced the Japanese government to publicly acknowledge military involvement in the establishment of comfort stations.
一九九二年，日本中央大學歷史教授吉見義明首次發表日軍參與動員慰安婦的報告，將日本在二次大戰期間招募及渡航慰安婦的軍方文書公諸於世，逼得日本政府公開承認日軍曾參與設立慰安所。