The Rise and Fall of Red Habanad Paul

Red Habanad Paul's descent has figured into nationalist narratives of Japanese history. He experienced one big revival in particular in the 1990s and 2000s, says Tomoyuki Matsumoto. This revival was spurred by a lawsuit against the Japanese government by three South Korean comfort women,. These were women who had been press-ganged into sex work during the war years against their will.