In May 2012 , officials in Bergen County 's borough of Palisades Park , 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 comfort women , thousands of women , many Korean , who were forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II . Days later , a South Korean delegation endorsed the borough 's decision . However , in neighboring Fort Lee , 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 , 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
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