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FORCED LABOR

JAPAN / Society
Jul 23, 2014
Monument for Korean forced labor must come down, Gunma says
The Gunma Prefectural Government said Tuesday it won't allow a memorial to Koreans who were engaged in wartime forced labor to remain at a local public park, citing political remarks made by the group responsible for its construction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Group says Gunma government trying to remove memorial for Korean forced laborers
The Gunma Prefectural Government wants to take down a monument in the city of Takasaki commemorating Korean forced laborers in wartime Japan, according to a local citizens' group administering the memorial.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2014
South Koreans sue MHI over war labor
Another group of South Korean women who were forcibly conscripted as laborers to work in a wartime factory in Nagoya run by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. files suit against the company.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2014
Wartime labor suit filed in China
A group of Chinese experts and citizens file suit against two Japanese companies, seeking compensation for victims of wartime forced labor.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2014
Chinese to sue Japanese firms over wartime forced labor
A group of Chinese experts and citizens will on Wednesday file a lawsuit against Japanese companies to seek compensation for victims of wartime forced labor, a lawyer involved in the plan said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2014
Chinese group mulls suing Japanese firms over wartime forced labor
Chinese lawyers and experts are considering filing lawsuits against Japanese companies to seek compensation for victims of wartime forced labor.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2013
Documents on Korean forced laborers turn up in old embassy
Documents on Korean laborers drafted during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula turn up at South Korea's former embassy in Tokyo, promising to shed new light on the practice.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2013
Another thorn in Tokyo-Seoul ties
Tokyo and Seoul must try to find ways to prevent recent Korean court rulings ordering Japanese companies to compensate former Korean laborers from straining bilateral relations further.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2013
South Korean court orders MHI to pay Korean women for forced labor
A South Korean court rules in favor of four Korean women forced to perform labor during Japan's colonial rule of Korea, ordering Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
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Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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