 the Armenian Genocide, this denial is done explicitly, while in some other cases, e.g.in the case of the "Comfort women" and the role of the Japanese State, the denial is more implicit.The latter was evident in how an overwhelmingly majority of the surviving victims refused to accept a monetary compensation since the Japanese government still refused to admit its own responsibility (the monetary compensation was paid through a private fund rather than by the state, a decision perceived by the victims about state's refusal to assume any direct responsibility).