Since 1992, when it was discovered that Taiwanese women had been recruited as so called \"comfort women\" -- military prostitutes -- for the Japanese army during Word War II, the issue has received surprisingly little attention in Taiwan. Only with the arrival of Yoshinori Kobayashi\'s comic <I>On Taiwan</I> (台灣論), has the comfort women issue loomed large in both the media and everyday discussions. One could hardly have imagined the effect the comic would have on Taiwan\'s media -- many of which have launched campaigns against the Japanese right-wing activist\'s book. But while opposition politicians have mounted vicious

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