Fifty Years of Silence explained

Fifty Years of Silence
Author:	Jan Ruff O'Herne
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Genre:	Non-fiction
Publisher:	Tom Thompson
Published:	1994
Isbn:	1875892001
Oclc:	609506903

Fifty Years of Silence: The Extraordinary Memoir of a War Rape Survivor is a personal memoir written by Jan Ruff O'Herne, a "comfort woman" who was forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Reception

In 1997, it won the TDK Australian Audio Book Award in the category of Abridged Non-Fiction.^[1]

Richard Tanter, referring to the dismissive responses in 2007 by proponents of "Japanese restorationist nationalism" including Koike Yuriko later Japan's defense minister, and then Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, said that the unwillingness to admit these events made Japan "The sick man of Asia". He describes the book and the events it narrates in some detail, referring to it as "her remarkable book, Fifty Years of Silence".^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 38th Annual Report, 1997-98 Services to the Community. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020626140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/25497/20020627-0000/www.nla.gov.au/policy/annrep98/community.html. dead. 26 June 2002. National Library of Australia. 12 September 2013. Abridged Non-Fiction Award: ABC Enterprises, Fifty Years of Silence, written and narrated by Jan Ruff-O’Hernes.
2. Web site: The Sick Man of Asia: costs of denial . Tanter . Richard . January 10, 2013 . NAPSNet Policy Forum . . 12 September 2013.