On the 24th, Akiko Ikuina (生?晃子, 56), a political official (vice-minister level) of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs who attended the 'Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony' held in Sado City, Japan as ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country's Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over Japan’s brutal wartime use of Korean forced laborers, ...

Kyodo News will replace the heads of its editorial bureau and news center on Jan. 16 over its erroneous report that Akiko Ikuina, a House of Councilors lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ...

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s an old and long-repeated pattern in Indo-Pacific politics: Japan and South Korea , indispensable U.S. allies in the region, are engaged in yet another squabble over World War ...

Remains of Japan’s Sado gold mine are seen on Sado Island, northern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2021. (Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said Saturday it will ...

SADO – Japanese officials have held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after Japan moved past years of historical disputes with South ...

Upon arrival, the Japanese Vice-Minister was welcomed by Director of Schools at the Ministry of Education, Marina Chek Bujang, and the school’s principal, Nor Aisah Mohd Salleh. In her speech, Ikuina ...