Osaka severs sister-city ties with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue
The Osaka Municipal Government said Tuesday that it has sent a document to officially end its 61-year-old sister-city ties with San Francisco over a statue symbolizing the issue of "comfort women," or those forced to provide sex at Japanese military brothels before and during ...
Controversial Fukushima statue of child in radiation suit now being removed
The city of Fukushima began removing a statue of a child clad in a protective suit Tuesday following criticism that it could mislead the public into believing that local residents, affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis, need to wear such gear. The 6.2-meter statue of ...
Fukushima to remove controversial statue of child in radiation protection suit
Fukushima Mayor Hiroshi Kohata announced a decision on Tuesday to remove a controversial statue of a child in a radiation protection suit that has drawn waves of criticism since it was unveiled early this month. "It's difficult to keep in place a divisive piece of ...
A bronze statue symbolizing women forced to work in wartime brothels for the Japanese military was unveiled at a ceremony in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan on Tuesday, marking the first installation of such a memorial in the country. Although the statue could cast ...
Statue of child clad in protective suit met with criticism in disaster-hit Fukushima
A statue of a child wearing a protective suit near Fukushima Station has sparked criticism that it gives the impression that residents still need such gear following the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant. The 6.2-meter-high statue, called "Sun Child," was made ...
Kumamoto Castle shachihoko are back after original guardian statues sustained damage in 2016 quake
The city of Kumamoto on Wednesday unveiled new statues for the roof of its iconic castle, to replace those damaged by last year's major earthquakes. The four new statues of the shachihoko, a mythical half-fish creature, are currently on display at a nearby visitor center ...
'Comfort women' statue in Georgia latest to irk Japan
A new “comfort women” statue pops up in a suburb just northeast of Atlanta as the movement to commemorate the victims continues to frustrate Japanese diplomats.
Statue of elephant Hanako unveiled in front of Kichijoji Station
A statue of Hanako, Japan's best-loved elephant, was unveiled Friday during a ceremony in front of Kichijoji Station in the western Tokyo suburb of Musashino. "The statue is more lifelike than I expected and it is as if I am seeing her again," said Masaru ...
Japanese engineer whose statue was decapitated lauded by Taiwan
Taiwan's Presidential Office on Wednesday heaped praise on late Japanese civil engineer Yoichi Hatta for his contributions to the island, after his statue was found beheaded over the weekend. Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang told a news conference that Hatta was an internationally renowned expert ...
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review challenge to California 'comfort women' statue
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case calling for the removal of a "comfort women" statue in California, ending a three-year legal challenge brought by U.S. plaintiffs supported by the Japanese government. The court's decision not to review the case was ...
South Korean government asks Dong district to move Busan 'comfort women' statue
The South Korean Foreign Ministry has sent an official letter to a district office in Busan asking that a contentious statue symbolizing the women forced into Imperial Japanese military brothels before and during the war be removed from its spot outside the Japanese Consulate, ...
'Comfort women' statue installed near Japanese consulate in Busan
A civic group on Friday installed a statue symbolizing women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, a move that could strain Japan-South Korea relations. The local ward office had said two days earlier that it ...
