The comfort women issue is part of a broader debate in Japan over how Japanese should view Japan’s record during the 1930s and World War 2 . History revisionists in Japan , as represented by the LDP Committee to Consider Japan’s Future Historical Education , appears to seek to absolve Japan from major guilt for its conduct during this period . Opponents of the history revisionists argue that Japan should acknowledge the negative aspects of its record and teach these to future generation in Japan. A recent example of this struggle , involving another historical issue , was the ruling of the Japanese Ministry of Education to delete passage from high school history textbooks that described the role of the Japanese army in the mass suicides of thousands of Okinawans during the Battle of Okinawa ( April – June 1945.)