In 194３the Japanese Army issued orders that certain "sex slaves" who had paid their debt could return to Korea.

 

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【募集】一九四二年五月、日本の業者が朝鮮半島に赴き、東南アジアにおける「軍慰安業務」のためとして女性を募集した。高収入、家族の借金返済のための好機、軽労働等の宣伝に応じて多くの女子が勤務に応募し、二～三〇〇円の前払報酬を受領した。彼女たちの大半は無知、無学の者であった。自ら署名した契約により、前借り金の額に応じ半年から一年の仕事に従事させられた。このような方法で約八〇〇名の女子が募集された。（後略）

Japanese Prisoner of War Interrogation Report 49

Early in May of 1942 Japanese agents arrived in Korea for the purpose of enlisting Korean girls for "comfort service" in newly conquered Japanese territories in Southeast Asia. The nature of this "service" was not specified but it was assumed to be work connected with visiting the wounded in hospitals, rolling bandages, and generally making the soldiers happy. The inducement used by these agents was plenty of money, an opportunity to pay off the family debts, easy work, and the prospect of a new life in a new land, Singapore. On the basis of these false representations many girls enlisted for overseas duty and were rewarded with an advance of a few hundred yen.

The majority of the girls were ignorant and uneducated, although a few had been connected with "oldest profession on earth" before. The contract they signed bound them to Army regulations and to war for the "house master " for a period of from six months to a year depending on the family debt for which they were advanced ...

都合のいいところだけ、都合のいいように訳したら駄目だな。傷痍兵の訪問、看護、慰安が仕事だと言われて、騙された人たちもいたわけだね。

ただ、

PAY AND LIVING CONDITIONS;

The "house master" received fifty to sixty per cent of the girls' gross earnings depending on how much of a debt each girl had incurred when she signed her contract. This meant that in an average month a girl would gross about fifteen hundred yen. She turned over seven hundred and fifty to the "master". Many "masters" made life very difficult for the girls by charging them high prices for food and other articles.

In the latter part of 1943 the Army issued orders that certain girls who had paid their debt could return home. Some of the girls were thus allowed to return to Korea.

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The interrogations further show that the health of these girls was good. They were well supplied with all types of contraceptives, and often soldiers would bring their own which had been supplied by the army. They were well trained in looking after both themselves and customers in the matter of hygiene. A regular Japanese Army doctor visited the houses once a week and any girl found diseased was given treatment, secluded, and eventually sent to a hospital. This same procedure was carried on within the ranks of the Army itself, but it is interesting to note that a soldier did not lose pay during the period he was confined.

契約がなかったか、というとあって、日本軍は契約が終わったものについて自由にするようにという命令もだしていた場合もあったわけだね。

ここで取り上げられている「10歳の日本の少女」は、ラムザイヤー論文で言及されている慰安婦と同年代の「おさき」という天草出身の「からゆきさん」だ。

これは根拠となった文献の参照がほしいところ。