Politics & Security
EDITORIAL | South Korea Has Distorted Historical Facts About Battleship Island for Too Long
The distortion of historical facts must not be allowed. A case in point is the South Korean government’s […]
Culture
Spotlight on Japan’s Industrial Heritage, Wartime Past at Newly-Opened Information Center
The Japanese government opened a new Industrial Heritage Information Center in Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, on June 15. The
Politics & Security
[Wartime Laborers] Japan Activists Incite Koreans to Sue Based on Lies About Forced Labor
(Last of 5 Parts) Part 1: [Wartime Laborers] South Korea Ignores History, Violates 54-Year-Old Treaty Part 2: [Wartime
Politics & Security
[Wartime Laborers] Koreans Were Compensated Twice Before
(Fourth of 5 Parts) Part 1: [Wartime Laborers] South Korea Ignores History, Violates 54-Year-Old Treaty Part 2: [Warti
Politics & Security
[Wartime Laborers] The 3 Phases of Recruitment: Workers Came to Japan on Their Own
(Third of 5 Parts) Part 1: [Wartime Laborers] South Korea Ignores History, Violates 54-Year-Old Treaty Part 2: [Wartim
Politics & Security
[Wartime Laborers] Separating Facts from Fiction: Korean Workers Were Recruited, Not Coerced
(Second of 5 Parts) Part 1: [Wartime Laborers] South Korea Ignores History, Violates 54-Year-Old Treaty Part 3: [Warti
Culture
[Wartime Laborers] South Korea Ignores History, Violates 54-Year-Old Treaty
(First of 5 Parts) Part 2: [Wartime Laborers] Separating Facts from Fiction: Korean Workers Were Recruited, Not Coe
Special Reports
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 [
Special Reports
Former Gunkanjima Residents to Debunk Korea’s False Claims on Wartime Laborers at U.N. Side Event
A group of Japanese is set to bring to a United Nations symposium firsthand testimony against Seoul’s claims on [&hell
‘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 […]
Special Reports
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
Culture
Gunkanjima: Historians Call Japan’s Battleship Island An ‘Astonishing Time Capsule’
British industrial historians Sir Neil Cossons (photo on the right) and Barry Gamble (on the left) have been involved