It isn’t “the” comfort women system. “The” comfort women system discussed in this thread is with regard to slavery by the Japanese military. Prostitution was a legal enterprise in Japan during early occupation. The U.S. military did not enslave comfort women nor did they manage the brothel houses/system.
“Police officials and Tokyo businessmen established a network of brothels under the auspices of the Recreation and Amusement Association, which operated with government funds. There were (was) a great deal of apprehensions at first. But they were paid highly, and they gradually came to accept their work peacefully. On March 25, 1946, MacArthur placed all brothels, comfort stations and other places of prostitution off limits. Not one Japanese woman has come forward to seek compensation or an apology,” Wada said. “Unless they feel they can say they were completely forced against their will, they feel they cannot come forward.”