In May 2012 , officials in the borough of Palisades Park in Bergen County , New Jersey , rejected requests by two diplomatic delegations from Japan to remove a small monument from a public park , a brass plaque on a block of stone , dedicated in 2010 to the memory of so-called comfort women , tens of thousands of women and girls , many Korean , who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II . Days later , a South Korean delegation endorsed the borough 's decision . However , in neighboring Fort Lee , New Jersey , various Korean American groups could not reach consensus on the design and wording for such a monument as of early April 2013 . In October 2012 , a similar memorial was announced in nearby Hackensack , New Jersey , to be raised behind the Bergen County Courthouse , alongside memorials to the Holocaust , the Irish Potato Famine , and the Armenian Genocide , and was unveiled in March 2013 . An apology and monetary compensation of roughly US$ 8 million by Japan to South Korea in December 2015 for these transgressions largely fell flat in Bergen County , where the first U.S. monument to pay respects to comfort women was erected . However , the controversial Japanese comfort women foundation which was launched to July 2016 to finance this settlement was shut down by South Korea on November 21 , 2018 , effectively bringing an end to the 2015 agreement
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Statue of Peace