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JAPAN / History / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 10, 2015
A legacy of WWII, Korean residents test nation's ability to accommodate non-Japanese
World War II had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the Korean community in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 30, 2015
WWII Hanaoka labor camp uprising remembered
More than 100 mourners gathered Tuesday in honor of the victims of an uprising at a labor camp in northern Japan during World War II.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 19, 2015
Kids' booklet aims to explain Zaitokukai hate-speech ruling
Notorious hate-speech demonstrations outside a Kyoto school run by pro-Pyongyang Koreans have prompted a group of lawyers and others to set about trying to ease the distrust the pupils may feel toward Japanese society.
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JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jan 25, 2015
Kansai spearheads campaign against hate speech
On Feb. 24, 2013, Osaka's Tsuruhashi district, home to one of Japan's largest concentrations of ethnic Koreans and in recent years a major tourist destination, was the scene of a shocking incident.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 11, 2014
Top court finalizes ruling against anti-Korean group's hate speech
The Supreme Court dismisses an appeal from a group of anti-Korean activists who used hate speech during a demonstration against a Korean school in Kyoto.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2014
Tottori Prefecture urges Korean tourists to submit climb plans
Tottori Prefecture says it is increasing its efforts to urge the growing number of South Korean tourists to submit mountain-climbing plans to better deal with accident risks.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2014
Getting tough on hate speech
Japan needs to respond to criticism of it by the U.N. Human Rights Committee for allowing instances of hate speech, directed mostly against Koreans, to proliferate in 2013.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2014
Korean 'comfort women' defend memorial in California park
A California city, fighting a lawsuit to remove a “comfort women” memorial, has received statements of support from two women who were forced into wartime brothel system.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2014
Counseling offered for Korean youths in Japan victimized by discrimination
A nongovernmental group will start a counseling service for young "zainichi" Koreans, the ethnic Korean permanent residents in Japan, in need of advice and support amid growing anti-Korean sentiment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 19, 2014
Welfare ruling stuns foreigners
The Supreme Court's landmark decision that permanent foreign residents of Japan are not entitled to welfare benefits will discourage municipalities from doling out such aid.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 16, 2014
Pro-Korean activists held in assault on right-winger
The leader and seven members of a group opposed to hate speech directed against Korean residents of Japan were arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting an anti-Korean demonstrator last year.
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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 / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2014
Japanese high court upholds ruling against anti-Korean activists' hate speech
The Osaka High Court upholds a lower court ruling that branded as “discriminatory” demonstrations staged near a pro-Pyongyang Korean school by anti-Korean activists who used hate-speech slogans.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014
More racist stickers discovered at Shikoku pilgrimage restrooms
Racist stickers are found at three more restrooms along the 88-temple Shikoku Henro calling on hikers to 'protect our precious pilgrimage route from Korean hands.'
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2014
U.S. human rights report cites anti-Korean hate speech in Japan
The U.S. State Department took up hate speech against Korean residents in Japan in its annual human rights report released Thursday, apparently reflecting Washington's concern about the campaign against the ethnic minority in the country.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2014
60 out of 207 South Korean sex slaves took atonement pay
Only about 30 percent of former South Korean wartime sex slaves have accepted atonement money from a private Japanese fund, the fund's former executive director said Thursday, revealing the exact number of beneficiaries.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2014
Kobe neighborhood gets spicy with 'kimchi town' moniker
A Kobe neighborhood densely populated with Korean residents is now touting itself as the "town of kimchi," having created brochures that have proved more popular than expected.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2013
Koreans honor A-bomb victims in Hiroshima ceremony
A memorial service for Korean victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 was held Monday, with the South Korean consul general calling for improved ties between the two countries.
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 4, 2013
Rallies dent business in Koreatown
Ultranationalist rallies targeted at residents and businesses in the capital's Koreatown district have cast a dark shadow over the once-thriving area.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2013
Three South Koreans die while hiking in Japan Alps
Four men believed to be members of a climbing group from South Korea are found collapsed in the Central Japan Alps, and three are later confirmed dead.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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