Those with a penchant for urban exploration should take a Gunkanjima Cruise out of Nagasaki City to witness the crumbling former coal mining island for themselves....
~~ Illustrations from a children’s picture book depicting young male Korean wartime laborers being forced to work in extremely poor environment on Nagasaki City’s Hashima coal...
“Ignoring these fake claims is the same as defiling the name of our ancestors who built the prosperity of our hometown. We wouldn’t be able to...
A symposium held in Geneva Switzerland on July 2 sought to set the record straight concerning allegations by South Korea that conscripted workers from the...
A group of Japanese is set to bring to a United Nations symposium firsthand testimony against Seoul’s claims on the treatment of Korean workers on...
British industrial historians Sir Neil Cossons (photo on the right) and Barry Gamble (on the left) have been involved for more than a decade with...
Koreans and Japanese need to overcome the past and join hands to meet the challenges of the future. Currently, the ball is in South Korea and...
South Korea funded a foundation to promote its anti-Japan historical perspective, and Japan should counter this with its own research institute.
Far from being dragged into forced labor, wartime workers from the Korean Peninsula were paid the same as the Japanese, with bonuses and contract renewal incentives.
Japan should not let South Korea’s lies block the World Heritage Site listing of the Tokugawa-era industrial site.
The role of the Tokyo-based Industrial Heritage Information Center is to provide accurate primary sources and testimonies. We have no intention of changing this principle.
