Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed disappointment over an erroneous report by Kyodo News that said Akiko Ikuina, parliamentary vice foreign minister, had visited Tokyo's Yasukuni ...

After boycotting one organised by Tokyo, South Korea held its own memorial event on Monday for compatriots forced to work in ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol has boycotted the mine's commemoration in Japan, purportedly over Tokyo's failure to recognise forced ...

Japan will hold a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Japan has held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines despite a last-minute boycott of the event by South Korea ...

Japan accepted, and on Sunday went ahead with a commemoration at Sado led by Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Akiko Ikuina ...

South Korea’s government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to ...

Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country's Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over ...

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's top government spokesperson, at a press conference on Tuesday, called it "extremely regrettable" that Kyodo News erroneously reported that Akiko Ikuina ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ...

Kyodo News corrected an article that had erroneously said Akiko Ikuina, a parliamentary vice foreign minister, visited war-related Yasukuni Shrine in 2022, a report that led in part to a ...

There was speculation that the South Korean boycott was related to the attendance by Japanese lawmaker and former entertainer Akiko Ikuina at Sunday’s ceremony. Ikuina is controversial in part ...