In 2010, a monument was built in the New York City suburb of Palisades Park, New Jersey, dedicated to comfort women--Korean women that South Koreans claim were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II. In July 2013, a second memorial was built in Glendale, California. As these monuments indicate, the United States is fully involved in the international controversy over differences in how Japan and Korea perceive the events of World War II.