ZHANG XIANTU

China’s last surviving ‘comfort woman’ died on Thursday after a long illness at the age of 89 Zhang Xiantu sued the Japanese government in 1995 over its atrocities during World War II ”In her last days, Zhang still hoped that volunteers could help her continue the lawsuit against the Japanese government,” state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Zhang as saying. According to Zhang’s account, she was only 16 and had been married for just a few months when she was taken by Japanese soldiers and thrown into a military brothel.