Responses by Concerned Scholars to the Problematic Scholarship of J. Mark Ramseyer

This website contains the responses of an international network of scholars to the problematic articles written by J. Mark Ramseyer (Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard Law School) on the history of the "comfort women" and the history of Japan's Burakumin minority.

Scholarly and Public Responses to “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War": The Current State of the Problem. A Report by Concerned Scholars (September 6, 2023)

Amy Stanley, David Ambaras, Hannah Shepherd, Sayaka Chatani, and Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Comment on Ramseyer, “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War: A Response to My Critics” (January 10, 2022)

Amy Stanley, Hannah Shepherd, Sayaka Chatani, David Ambaras, and Chelsea Szendi Schieder

“Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War”: The Case for Retraction on Grounds of Academic Misconduct (February 18, 2021)

Amy Stanley, Hannah Shepherd, Sayaka Chatani, David Ambaras, and Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Open Letter to Eric Helland, Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Law and Economics (February 24, 2021)

Amy Stanley, Hannah Shepherd, Sayaka Chatani, David Ambaras, and Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Doing Violence to Buraku History: J. Mark Ramseyer's Dangerous Inventions (May 1, 2021)

Timothy D. Amos, Maren Ehlers, Anne McKnight, David Ambaras, and Ian Neary