The Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts (Dutch: Stichting Japanse Ereschulden, SJE) is an independent interest group in the Netherlands for those who incurred physical, mental and material damages inside and outside Japanese-run internment camps in the course of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) during World War II.
[2] The SJE was founded on 4 April 1990[3] by former Burma Railway forced laborer Kees Stolk to demand recognition, apologies and final reparations from both Japan and the Netherlands.
According to the Japanese, the Dutch state has allegedly assumed sole responsibility for the victims' redress through these agreements.
[4] The Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts also advocates for recognition of and reparations for Dutch comfort women.
[5][6] The SJE organizes monthly demonstrations at the Embassy of Japan in The Hague and provides statements at the annual sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.