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Apr 12, 1934 Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan Died on 27 Dec 2002 (aged 68)
Japanese activist
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About Yayori Matsui
- Yayori Matsui (????? Matsui Yayori) (April 12, 1934 - December 27, 2002) was a Japanese journalist and women's rights activist noted for her work to raise awareness of sex slaves and sex tourism in post-war Asia.
- In 1961 she began work as a journalist for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, retiring in 1994 to work as a full-time social activist, founding numerous women's organizations and writing on gender inequality in Japan and on sex crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial Army, namely against the comfort women of the Second World War.
- Her work culminated in the 2000 Tokyo Women's War Crimes Tribunal, a tribunal held to gain some form of justice for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery.
