The Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts (Dutch: Stichting Japanse Ereschulden, SJE) is an independent interest group in the Netherlands for those who incurred physical, mental and material damages inside and outside Japanese-run internment camps in the course of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) during World War II.[2]
Stichting Japanse Ereschulden (SJE) | |
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| Formation | 4 April 1990 |
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| Founder | Kees Stolk |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Advocacy group |
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Chairperson | J.F. van Wagtendonk[1] |
| Website | www |
The SJE was founded on 4 April 1990[3] by former Burma Railway forced laborer Kees Stolk to demand recognition, apologies and final reparations from both Japan and the Netherlands. It received 76,000 damage claims. From 1990 on, the Japanese government has repeatedly rejected the claims on the basis of the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco and the 1956 Yoshida–Stikker Agreement between Japanese prime minister Shigeru Yoshida and Dutch foreign minister Dirk Stikker. According to the Japanese, the Dutch state has allegedly assumed sole responsibility for the victims' redress through these agreements.[4]
The Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts also advocates for recognition of and reparations for Dutch comfort women.[5][6]
The SJE organizes monthly demonstrations at the Embassy of Japan in The Hague and provides statements at the annual sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.[7]
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- ^ "Het bestuur en vrijwilligers" (in Dutch). Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "De stichting Japanse Ereschulden - 'Geef ons íets, hoe weinig het ook is'". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Onderzoeksgids Oorlogsgetroffenen WO2 - Stichting Japanse Ereschulden". Oorlogsgetroffenen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Slachtoffers van oorlog met Japan voor rechtbank om vergoeding". Welingelichte Kringen (in Dutch). The Hague. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Japans geld voor 'troostmeisjes'". NRC (in Dutch). The Hague. 19 November 1997. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Ook Nederlandse 'troostmeisjes' willen nu excuses". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Activiteiten" (in Dutch). Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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