I. INTRODUCTION
II. BACKGROUND
　A. The Japanese Comfort Women System During WWII
　B. The Japanese Government’s Response to the Comfort Women Issue
III. SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL LIABILITY OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
　A. Sources of Prevailing International Law
　B. Right to Individual Compensation Under International Law
　C. Effect of Post－War Treaties on Individual Claims
　D. Statute of Limitations
IV. JURISDICTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SUING JAPAN IN UNITED STATES COURT：ALIEN TORTS CLAIM ACT AND FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT
V. CONCLUSION