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日本軍「慰安婦」問題をめぐる最近の動きに対する日本の歴史学会・歴史教育者団体の声明 - 東京歴史科学研究会

日本軍「慰安婦」問題をめぐる最近の動きに対する日本の歴史学会・歴史教育者団体の声明

　わたしたち日本の歴史学会・歴史教育者団体は、日本軍「慰安婦」問題（以下、「慰安婦」問題）をめぐって、2015年５月に「「慰安婦」問題に関する日本の歴史学会・歴史教育者団体の声明」を発表した。だがその後、12月28日の日韓外相会談後におこなわれた共同記者発表（以下、日韓合意）と、2016年１月20日に言い渡された、吉見義明氏の名誉毀損をめぐる裁判（以下、吉見裁判）における原告敗訴の判決という、ふたつの大きな動きがあった。それらに対して、わたしたちは、以下の問題を指摘する。

今回の日韓合意は、第一に、「慰安婦」制度の責任を曖昧にしている。歴史研究は、日本政府・日本軍が軍の施設として「慰安所」を立案・設置・管理・統制したこと、「慰安婦」制度の本質は性奴隷制度であったこと、当時の国内法・国際法に違反していたことを明らかにしてきた。合意はそれらを踏まえておらず、「慰安婦」制度の責任については「軍の関与」という曖昧な認定にとどまっている。第二に、元「慰安婦」の方々の名誉や尊厳という人権に深く関わる問題について、当事者を置き去りにしたまま、決着をはかろうとしている。今回の合意で「慰安婦」問題が「最終的かつ不可逆的に解決されることを確認」し、国際社会において「互いに非難・批判することを控え」るとの表現によって、今後、歴史研究の進展にともなう新たな評価と問題解決の可能性が失われるのは不適切である。加えて、合意は歴史教育に言及しておらず、実際に教科書から「慰安婦」問題に関する叙述が削られる事態が進行している。教育によって歴史的事実を伝えていくことを、あらためて求める。日韓合意には、総じて当事者の思いや意思を顧みようとする姿勢がみられない。こうした、政府間で一方的に「解決」を宣言し、以降の議論を封殺するかのごとき手法では、「慰安婦」問題の抜本的な解決はありえない。

　一方、吉見裁判の判決文において、東京地方裁判所は、2013年5月に桜内文城衆議院議員（当時）が吉見義明氏の著書をめぐって「捏造」と発言したことを、「名誉毀損に該当する」と認定しながら、「意見ないし論評の域を逸脱したもの」とはいえないとして免責し、原告の請求を棄却した。「捏造」とは、おもな辞書によれば、「事実でないことを事実のようにこしらえ」る意であり、判決は、実証という手続きをかさね、学界で広く受け入れられてきた研究成果を、「捏造」と公言することの重大さを理解していない。研究者にとって、自らの研究成果が「捏造」と評されることは、研究者生命に直接関わる問題である。そうした事情を斟酌することのない発言と、それを容認するかのごとき不当な判決を、見過ごすことはできない。

　ふたつの動きは、問題の重要性を軽んじ、当事者を置き去りにしたまま、きわめて強引に「慰安婦」問題の幕引きをはかろうとする点で共通している。日韓両政府の関係者および日本の司法関係者が、「慰安婦」問題と真摯に向きあい、その真に根本的な解決にむけて取り組むことを求める。

2016年5月30日

歴史学関係15団体

　日本歴史学協会

　大阪歴史科学協議会

　大阪歴史学会

　ジェンダー史学会

　専修大学歴史学会

　総合女性史学会

　千葉歴史学会

　東京歴史科学研究会

　名古屋歴史科学研究会

　日本史研究会

　日本史攷究会

　日本思想史研究会（京都）

　歴史科学協議会

　歴史学研究会

　歴史教育者協議会

Mito MM Meeting House, Japan | quaker.org.nz

Mito MM Meeting House, Japan

Monthly Meetings and individuals in Aotearoa/NZ contributed a significant sum towards the reconstruction of the Mito Meeting House in Japan, and this was sent to Mamoru Hitomi, Clerk of Mito MM, in 2011.

A letter has been received thanking us for our contribution:

Mito Monthly Meeting

5-36 Bizenmachi

Mito, Ibaraki 310-0024

Japan

September 2012

Dear Friends worldwide,

Nobody could expect the dedication ceremony of our Meeting House and Kindergarten coming so quick! It was held on 9 September 2012, just two days before a year and half after the great earthquake on 11 March 2011. It was cerebrated by 130 attendants not only from our area but also Tokyo and much further.

Let me express appreciation to all the donors worldwide who have supported Mito Monthly Meeting to build a Meeting House and Kindergarten. The house is a joint house of the two. On weekdays it is a kindergarten and on Sunday it is our Meeting House. This system has been kept since 1951 when Edith F. Sharpless, a Philadelphia Quaker, started over again after WWII. 100 year old brick meeting house was replaced by wooden house, but bricks carefully taken out from the ruins were put on the walls up to the waist and on the walking space around the whole house. At the porch the kindergarteners placed each brick piece as their memory in July. Now they enjoy playing in the new house and out in the garden lively. Wood smells good in the hall under the tall triangle ceiling. On Sunday meeting for worship has been held comfortably. It might be impossible without your kind donation.

But I’m very sorry we have made you troublesome when you directly wanted to send us your donation because of our wrong bank account. That’s why some of your donation took a long journey through FWCC Section of Americas, FWCC World Office in London, FWCC Asia West Pacific Section and Japan Yearly Meeting, and to Mito Monthly Meeting. During the long journey personal donors’ names were not always clear, sorry to say. We thank each FWCC staff who worked for us often.

As our Meeting House and Kindergarten is a joint house, 1/3 of the building belongs to the Meeting and the other 2/3 to the kindergarten. The kindergarten is to be nearly half granted disaster subsidy from the government, but none to the religious body. That’s why your donation was very helpful for Mito Monthly Meeting

We cannot say thank you all directly, but let me send you much appreciation to all of the donors. Enclosed are the photos of the new safety and lovely house. We will be very happy if you could some day visit us and see our Meeting House and Kindergarten.

Friendship in Light,

Mamoru Hitomi, Clerk, Mito Monthly Meeting

mhitomi@beige.plala.or.jp

Some photos follow:

普連土学園｜ English

Friends School in Tokyo, Japan
Founded in1887 by Philadelphia Quakers
Junior/Senior High School for 800 Girls
Daily Meeting for Worship
Strong Academic Curriculum

(All Classes Taught in Japanese)

Service Program
Student Government and Club Activities
School Year Starts in Early April
Address: Mita 4-14-16 Minato-ku,Tokyo108-0073 JAPAN
Telephone: +81(3)3451-4616 FAX: +81(3)3453-2028
Principal: Takao Haman

Friends School

A Brief History:At the suggestion of Nitobe lnazo and Uchimura Kanzo, who were at that time studying in the United States, the Women’s Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) decided to establish a school for girls in Japan. Friends School was then founded in 1887 with six teachers and three students.

A year later, the school was moved to its present location on Hijirizaka in Mita, Minato-ku. A fire in 1902 and the firebombings of Tokyo in the spring of 1945 destroyed the buildings, but the school was repeatedly rebuilt through the devotion of teachers, students and graduates, and with the help of Japanese and American Quakers.

The only Quaker school in Japan, Friends School is founded on the belief in "that of God in everyone." The school begins each day with meeting for worship and ends each day with the singing of a hymn and a moment of silence. Students study the Bible or world religions at every grade level.

The School Today;Friends School is now a junior/senior high school for 800 girls. The curriculum emphasizes worship, service, international friendship, and sound academic studies. Most graduates go on to university, in a variety of fields. Many of them choose languages, international relations, the social sciences, and law, while a third of them go into the natural sciences. It is the hope of the school that each graduate will make herself of use in the world while remaining true to the light of God within her.

Update on Japanese Friends - QuakerQuaker

Update on Japanese Friends

I am a member of Purchase Monthly Meeting in New York. My wife Hiromi and I have been blessed to worship with Tokyo Monthly Meeting Friends three times in recent years during visits to Hiromi's family. Our family and friends are much affected by the tragic events in Japan. Hiromi called some Friends in Japan on Thursday morning, March 23. Hiromi's report can be read below. We hope to keep Friends updated on conditions facing Japanese Friends.

Dear Friends,

I was able to talk with two Friends in Japan.

First I called Mrs. Kazuko Kagami, a Tokyo Monthly Meeting member and whom I met years ago, when Brian and I attended the meeting for worship.

Here is the summary of what I learned from her:

Mito Monthly Meeting (North Ibaraki Prefecture, just south of Fukushima)
Meetinghouse and a kindergarten run by them are severely damaged, that they can no longer use or go inside.
However, they are holding meetings elsewhere and trying to organize themselves as a group to help themselves and others to cope with the devastation.

Tokyo Monthly Meeting
Meetinghouse was damaged, windows broken and walls partly fallen, but she said the damages were minor, compared to Tohoku Area. (I guess everything is relative....) The other building they have was also damaged, the building called "Friends Center", which I believe is used as an accommodation for out of town guests and for hosting events.

What struck me most was how Mrs. Kagami's daily life is still nothing close to normal. She lives in her 8th floor apartment, in which everything was turned upside down by the earthquake. Her computer was broken and she cannot connect to the Internet since she couldn't remember the password to log in to her account. The papers which contain that information are under the piles of fallen stuff that she hasn't been able to dig and sort out.

Tokyo Monthly Meeting is rather small, and under current situation, every member is doing all s/he can to get their life back to somewhat normal. It seemed clear to me, that organizing fundraising and operating/managing the fund is too much to ask them at this point. ( I feel this is where we can offer our help with logistics, even from overseas.)

We hear about people who lost their loved ones. We also hear about desperate situations the evacuees face. But what we cannot forget is that people just south of the worst hit area, including Friends of Mito Meeting and Mrs. Kagami and others in Tokyo, are also suffering. They are persevering and striving in this difficult times, because they know, no matter how difficult it seems, people in Tohoku are suffering much more, and they owe it to the Tohoku people, to work hard to rebuild the country.

Mrs. Kagami gave me another contact, Mrs, Yukiko Backes, a member of Osaka Monthly Meeting. She will be attending the FWCC Asia, West Pacific Section meeting from April 1 to 7, in Manila, Philippines, as a representative of Japan Yearly Meeting. She will be a good contact, since she is far enough from the affected area, and she is on the international committee of the Japan Yearly Meeting.

Mrs. Backes told me that Japan Yearly Meeting has set up an bank account and is now accepting donations:

Mitsui Sumitomo Bank
Mita Dori Branch
Branch Code 623
Savings account Number : 6385819
Name of the account holder: Kirist Yukai Nihon Nenkai

(Kirist Yukai means Christ Friends Meeting, or Religious Society of Friends, and Nihon Nenkai means Japan Yearly Meeting)

With the fund, they plan to rebuilt and fix Mito and Tokyo Meetinghouses. They also plan to host evacuees from Tohoku after fixing the damages of the Tokyo building. Both Mrs. Kagami and Mrs. Backes finished the phone conversations by thanking me for calling and extending our concerns from Purchase and New York Friends. They told me that they were grateful for our concerns and they keep praying to God for assistance. With their faith, I trust that they will find the best use with the funds.

I will be more than happy to serve as a liaison and translator.

In friendship,
Hiromi Niwa Doherty

Comment by Pat Pope on 3rd mo. 24, 2011 at 6:39pm: Brian, is this the complete mailing address listed above for the bank? Also, is there a way to give electronically?

Comment by Brian Doherty on 3rd mo. 24, 2011 at 7:48pm: Yes, that should be the complete mailing address. I do not think there is a way to give electronically at this time. It might be wise for meetings to act collectively and send funds together to minimize wire fees. Hiromi felt strongly that Japanese Friends need letters of support from Quaker meetings. Funds can always come later if way opens. Hiromi will be calling soon to get mailing addresses for Japanese meetings (especially Mito MM). I will post any new information here.

Comment by Pat Pope on 3rd mo. 24, 2011 at 8:05pm: Thanks for the information.

Comment by QuakerQuaker on 3rd mo. 24, 2011 at 8:09pm: FYI, Friends World Committee for Consultation is set up for electronic donations and there's a write-up on the situation on Japan on their Europe and Middle East ...

Comment by Brian Doherty on 3rd mo. 25, 2011 at 9:25am

Friends,

Hiromi spoke briefly with Yukiko Backes (Osaka MM, Japan YM) again this morning 3/25). Her report is below.

Brian

Tsuchiura MM and Shimozuma MM in Ibaraki Prefecture had no damage.

Mito MM
As I reported earlier, both their meetinghouse and the school building has collapsed completely. Friends are holding meetings and they are working hard to secure (find a rental) a space to re-open their kindergarten in April (the start of a new school year in Japan).  I pay utmost respect to them for their effort.

Rebuilding their Meetinghouse is important, of course, but they can meet elsewhere for a while, as they are doing already.  As a mother of a pre-schooler and a educator, I feel strongly that we urgently need to assist the kindergarten first. Going back to school is the best way for children to feel normal again.  They can play with friends. They can be children there. It is essential for their well being.

Additionally, I imagine that some (not many, I hope) of the members of the Mito MM and families of the kindergarteners also suffered damage to their residences and need assistance.

http://shoyuu.com/index.html
This is the Shoyuu Kindergarten homepage. It is so sad that his beautiful school is no longer standing. I can tell (you know I am a pro) this is a good place.

http://shoyuu.com/day.html
They worship everyday at 9am.

http://shoyuu.com/rekishi.html
The school history:
Founded in 1917 by Edes Sharples (1883-1956, pictured), an American teacher/missionary. Her father was the President of Haverford College. Came to Japan in 1910 as an English teacher at Friends School (I think this is the one in Tokyo still). Then she came to Ibaraki (Mito and Shimozuma cities ) and devoted her life to early childhood education.  She placed importance in the quality of education, not quantity. In the early years, the kindergarten had only 20 children. She always said (taught ) "strive to be better and more certain."

Comment by Brian Doherty on 3rd mo. 25, 2011 at 1:27pm: Friends,

Please see below a moving message from Mito Monthly Meeting. Hiromi's translation is in red.

Brian

バッケス幸子さま

近藤精一さんから転送された標記に関する一会員としてのメッセージです。

The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis--the catastrophe that we face today reminds me of the terror and devastation of World War II. We are grateful for Friends from all over the world for sending us messages of support.

このたび、東日本一帯を襲った巨大地震、巨大津波、巨大原発事故の惨状は、まさに太平洋戦争のもたらした惨状を私の脳裏によみがえらせた恐れであった。これに寄せられた、世界各国のフレンドの方々の励ましに御礼申し上げたい。

Mito Meetinghouse was burned down by air raids, only to leave parts of the brick walls as remains. Later, using those bricks that withstood the fire, the Meetinghouse was rebuilt. Now, again, it is severely damaged by the tremendous power of the earthquake.

水戸月会会堂は戦火によりレンガの外壁だけを残して焼失したが、その後、その戦火を潜り抜けたレンガを使い再建された。だが、それもまた、今回の巨大地震により大きな被災を蒙ってしまった。

However, God do not give us trials that we cannot persevere. With the trial, he will also provide us the way of escape. (1 Corinthians 10:13) We will not stop even if we are plagued from all four corners, we will not lose hope even at the bottom of the disappointment. We will not be destroyed even when devastated. (2 Corinthians 2:8,9)  With our faith, We will rebuild, once again, with the bricks---of the same red color as the bricks of the Seoul Meetinghouse in Korea and the Jordan Meetinghouse in England that suffered the fire. We will live our faith as led in James 2:14-17.

Mito Monthly Meeting
Mitsuo Otsu

This is the draft to be delivered at the AWPS meeting.

Message

  The disaster in northern Japan was the worst in Japanese history. However, it is miraculous it see the remarkable and unanimous cooperation of all rescue people under the danger of sacrificing even their lives.
  I hope you at AWPS gathering can make a long-term plan of international system of cooperation in Asia to exchange their experiences and study and building up of the international system of quick and efficient rescue work. to prepare for the coming natural disasters created by global climate change.

Seiichi Kondo

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Friends School (Japan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friends School (Japan)

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Coordinates:

35°38′46.16″N 139°44′30.45″E

Friends School in Mita, Minato, Japan.

Friends School (普連土学園 Furendo Gakuen^?) is a women's junior and senior high school (7th - 12th grades), authorised by the Japanese Education Law, of Religious Society of Friends in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

In 1887, Women Evangelical Friends from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA founded it for the purpose of education for women on the advice of Uchimura Kanzō and Nitobe Inazō. The School is still the only Friends' educational organisation in Japan. Whilst all the pupils are not Friends, they receive education about Quakerism including about Inner light.

The School says that the name in Japanese means "universal connection with all global places". This is derived from an idea of Tsuda Sen, who was the father of Tsuda Umeko, the founder of Tsuda College.

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Iwao Ayusawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iwao Ayusawa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iwao Frederick Ayusawa (鮎沢巌 Ayusawa Iwao^?) (October 15, 1894 – November 30, 1972) was a diplomat and international authority on social and labor issues.

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Career[edit]

In 1911 he went to Hawaii as a recipient of the Friend Peace Scholarship. He graduated fromHaverford College in 1917, and then attendedColumbia University, from which he graduated in 1920. He served as the Japanese delegate to theInternational Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and as Director of the Tokyo branch of the ILO until 1939. He joined the staff of the International Christian University in 1952. In 1956, he received an honorary degree from Haverford College. He published several books and articles, including A History of Labor in Modern Japan in 1966. His papers are held by the library of Haverford College.^[1]

Faith[edit]

Iwao Ayusawa was also a notable member of the small JapaneseQuaker community, mainly represented by the Friends Center Committee which was formed some years before the war began to represent Friends to those of various countries who came to Japan with an interest in Quakerism, and to serve the Jewish refugees who were coming in large numbers to Japan at that time. He was befriended with Swiss Quakers Pierre Cérésole and Edmond Privat.

Family[edit]

On October 14, 1922, Ayusawa married Tomiko Yoshioka. They had several children, including a daughter Tsuyuko (born, Geneva 30 June 1923), who married Léopold d'Avout, the 5th duc d'Auerstaedt, and became the mother of the sixth duc.^[2]

Publications[edit]

International labor legislation, New York, 1920
Industrial conditions and labour legislation in Japan, Geneva : International Labour Office, 1926
A History of Labor in Modern Japan, Honolulu, East-West Center Press, 1966
International Labor Legislation. Clark, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 2005. ISBN 1-58477-461-4.

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