Prostitution in US Occupied Japan from Class, Race and Gender Perspectives-With Testimonies by former GIs

本研究项目旨在探讨二战后美国占领日本的意义。具体地说，它把重点放在了康乐娱乐协会上，这是一个由日本政府支持的组织，旨在“安慰”盟国(主要是美国)的占领军。并调查了涉及多名日本女性参与大规模卖淫系统的机制。它还试图从一般和理论上解释美国占领军与被占领国家日本妇女之间的性关系。尽管我没能收集到我所希望的那么多前美国军人的证词，但我认为我写了一些作品，可以为研究美国占领日本以及军队与性之间的关系做出贡献。总体而言，这项研究证明了以下几点。第一，美国统治者和被统治者日本之间的政治和军事权力关系；第二，不同种族之间的关系的意义，白人和有色人种亚洲人之间的关系；第三，父权性别在卖淫中的作用；第四，日本阶级和美国中产阶级意识在卖淫中的作用。这项研究不会结束于这个项目。我将继续对二战结束后立即留在日本的前美国军人进行口述历史。我相信，有了他们的证词，加上美国军方、美日两国政府、日本商界和两国作家留下的文件和回忆录，我将能够更好地自下而上地了解美国占领日本的现实。

This research project intends to explore the meanings of the US occupation in post-World War II Japan. Specifically, it focused on the Recreation and Amusement Association, a Japanese government-supported organization to "comfort" occupying troops of Allied Powers, mainly the United States. and investigated the mechanism that involved a number of Japanese women in a large-scale prostitution system. It also attempted to explain in general and theoretical terms the sexual relationship between the occupying forces of the US and women in the occupied country of Japan. Although I was not able to collect testimonies of as many former GIs as I had wished, I think I produced works that could contribute to the study on the US occupation of Japan and the relationship between the military and sexuality. On the whole, the study demonstrates the following. First, the political and military power relationship between the US the ruler and Japan the ruled ; second, the meaning of thee relationship between different races, the white and the colored Asian ; third, the role of patriarchal gender in prostitution ; and fourth, the role of the Japanese class and the American middle-class consciousness in prostitution.This study does not end with this project. I will continue to conduct oral histories of former GIs who stayed in Japan immediately after the end of World War II. I believe that with their testimonies, along with the documents and memoirs left by leading people in the US military, US and Japanese governments, Japanese business and writers of both countries, I will be able to better understand the reality of the US occupation of Japan from the bottom up.