Filipino comfort women hold a demonstration outside the Japanese Embassy in Manila, capital of the Philippines, on August 12, 2009, demanding compensation and apologies from the Japanese government for the systematic rape of women by its imperial army during the Second World War. [Xinhua]

A Filipino comfort woman Piedad Noblesa, aged 84, takes part in a demonstration outside the Japanese Embassy in Manila, capital of the Philippines, on August 12, 2009. [Xinhua]