South Korea to exclude Japan from trade whitelist this week, report says
South Korea will probably announce its decision to officially exclude Japan from its whitelist of trusted export destinations as early as this week, the Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. Should the measures be implemented, Japan will be removed from the group of 29 member states ...
Japan-South Korea feud starts to cast shadow over 2020 Olympics
A deepening feud between Japan and South Korea threatens to undercut next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games as the two sides spar over whether spectators could wave Rising Sun flags during the event.
Man considered oldest U.S. WWII vet celebrates 110th birthday in New Orleans
A man considered to be the nation's oldest living World War II veteran was serenaded and showered with kisses during a celebration of his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Lawrence Brooks was born Sept. 12, 1909, and served ...
South Korea lodges complaint with WTO over Japan's export controls
Seoul files a complaint with the WTO over Tokyo’s tightening of export controls, alleging the measures are retaliation for a court ruling against Japanese firms over wartime forced labor.
A U.S.-based Jewish foundation held an event in Warsaw on Sunday to honor Polish gentiles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, a number that grows smaller each year, with U.S. and Israeli diplomats also paying their respects to the elderly Poles who put their ...
Seoul and Busan to label Japan firms suspected of WWII forced labor as 'war crimes companies'
The nonbinding ordinances in South Korea will allow 284 Japanese companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to be openly linked to their wartime pasts.
South Korea calls for ban on Japan's Rising Sun flag at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
South Korean Olympic officials have called for Japan to ban its Rising Sun flag at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, claiming it represents a "militaristic and imperial past." Kim Bo-young, an official from the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee, says the request was made to the ...
Fixing wartime labor issue is priority for Japan and South Korea, says Abe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that settling the issue of wartime labor is currently a top priority for Japan and South Korea. Abe made the remark at a meeting with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, who just returned from visiting South Korea. Kawamura ...
Letter threatening to hunt Koreans sent to South Korean Embassy in Japan
A letter threatening to hunt Koreans and containing what appeared to be a bullet has been sent to the South Korean Embassy in Japan, police said Tuesday, amid worsening ties between the Asian neighbors Relations between the two countries have been overshadowed by Japan's 1910-1945 ...
Over 15,000 evacuated in Germany's Hanover as WWII bomb is found
More than 15,000 people were evacuated late Monday from the northern German city of Hanover following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb, city officials said. Residents of the capital of the state of Lower Saxony were told to leave their homes in ...
American pacifist's little-known legacy lives on in A-bombed cities
Mitsuo Baba is still grateful to an American who dedicated himself to building homes for A-bomb survivors in Nagasaki, one of two cities destroyed by the terrifying weapons in World War II. "I met Schmoe-san only a couple of times as a kid and almost ...
WWII's start marked in Poland with German remorse and warning over rising nationalism
Germany's president expressed deep remorse for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest of Europe during World War II, warning of the dangers of nationalism as world leaders gathered Sunday in the country where the war started at incalculable costs. "This war ...
