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INTERVIEW | Ex-Abe Advisor Koko Kato: Research Exposes Korea’s Lies About Workers in Japan
Former Abe Cabinet advisor Koko Kato left the Prime Minister’s Office and took on new duties as the […]
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Japan-Korea Relations Should Overcome History
I first began thinking about writing this commentary six months ago. In the interim, however, Japan-South Korean relat
Politics & Security
Kono: Japan Export Controls for Security Purposes, Not Countermeasures Against South Korea
On July 20, Foreign Minister KONO Taro posted on his private blog an article on “Japan-South Korea Relations,” where [
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When Some Korean Intellectuals Exaggerate, Distort History with Japan
There was “no racial discrimination concerning wages” against conscripted workers from the Korean peninsula during the
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Geneva Symposium Exposes the Myth of Gunkanjima as ‘Hell Island’
A symposium held in Geneva Switzerland on July 2 sought to set the record straight concerning allegations by South [
‘Forced Labor’ Photo Disseminated by South Korean Media is Actually Postwar Photo of a Japanese Coal Miner
South Korean media have been promoting a photograph of a man working in a coal mine, alleging it shows […]
Probing Deeper into the BTS T-Shirt Controversy
The Korean media seems to think the issue has been settled when the production company handling the […]
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History Wars: Japanese Taxpayers Funding Anti-Japan Activists
Aerial view of Hashima (or Gunkanjima), the UNESCO’s cultural heritage of the world The KAKEN database is a record [&h
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Forced Labor Propaganda: When You’ve Got No Historical Facts, Use Fake Graffiti
(Second of 3 Parts) Part 1: Lie Debunked: Historical Data Show No Forced Labor for Koreans […]
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Lie Debunked: Historical Data Show No Forced Labor for Koreans
(First of 3 Parts) There is a widely accepted view in Korea that, under Japanese rule, mobilized […]