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Media watch: A 1945 marine tragedy comes back to haunt the Japanese government

Last week the Gunma prefectural government removed a monument from a park in the city of Takasaki that commemorated Korean laborers mobilized to work in the prefecture during World War II. The monument was installed in the park in 2004, … Continue reading

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