Letters to the Editor.

The article presents a scholarly exchange concerning the interpretation of wartime sexual violence in postwar Japan, focusing on a book titled *The "Rape" of Japan* and its critique by Professor Ruth Lawlor. The author defends his work against Lawlor's criticisms, emphasizing the importance of evidence-based conclusions specific to Japan rather than applying European frameworks, and highlights his exposure of unreliable "panpan" literature about Japanese women and Allied personnel. Lawlor responds by advocating for greater inclusion of firsthand testimonies from Japanese women to capture the complexity of their experiences and critiques the book's focus on political critiques over direct survivor voices. The exchange underscores differing methodological approaches to historical inquiry and broader debates about the legacy of U.S. military presence in Japan after World War II.