Manila, Philippines - Aug 14, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of protesters walking, holding placards and flags gathering in front of Japanese embassy in Philippines
2. Police officers on guard
3. Various of protesters holding placards reading (in English): "Pass Comfort Women Memorial Bill", "Justice for Comfort Women", "No to Sexual Violence as Weapon of War!","Junk, Japan-PH Reciprocal Access Agreement"
4. Police officers on guard

Filipino demonstrators gathered outside the Japanese embassy in Manila, the Philippine's capital, on Friday to commemorate the victims of Japan's wartime military sexual slavery, commonly referred to as "comfort women," seeking justice for these victims, and opposing war and military expansion.

The protesters, including family members of sexual slavery victims and civil society members, urged the Philippine government to expedite the passage of a bill designating August 14 as the national Memorial Day for "Comfort Women."

In 2012, the 11th Asian Alliance Conference for "Comfort Women" designated August 14 as the International Memorial Day for "Comfort Women."

An estimated 200,000 women from China and many others from the Korean Peninsula, the Philippines, Indonesia and some other countries, euphemistically known as "comfort women", were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese troops. Many of them died.

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1942 to 1945, an estimated 1,000 Filipino women were forcibly conscripted as "comfort women."