On the eve of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of World War Two, and the first anniversary of progressive political leadership…
One year after media reports that Aso Mining used 300 Allied prisoners of war for forced labor in 1945, Foreign Minister Aso…
May 3, 1960: Ā “We have heard that in March of Showa 21 [1946], the directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
May 3, 1960: Ā “We have heard that in March of Showa 21 [1946], the directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Just as Nazi Germany did in Europe during World War II, Imperial Japan made extensive use of forced labor across the vast…
The practice was known as “laborer hunting,” and on that June 1944 afternoon 28-year-old Liu Zhongtang became the prey. Abducted at bayonet…
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