US Trade Representative Greer confirms 15% tariff caps on EU and Japanese imports hold despite new forced-labor duties ...

SEOUL — South Korea took a step toward improving ties with its traditional rival Japan on Monday, announcing a plan to compensate Koreans who performed forced labor during Tokyo’s colonial rule that ...

Police said Wednesday that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains, and a Japanese group helping search for the remains said they are certain to belong to about 180 ...

Japanese officials hold a memorial ceremony commemorating the workers from the Sado mine complex during World War II, on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, off Japan's west coast, on Sept. 13. [YONHAP] ...

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea urged Japan on Monday to follow through on its pledge to fully reflect the history of a UNESCO-listed heritage site linked to wartime forced labor, after finding ...

On 15 March 2023, the South Korean government announced its plan to strike a ‘deal’ with the Japanese government regarding forced labour during Japan’s colonial period (1910–1945). Under the proposed ...

Japan's war atrocities in WWII match or exceed those of the Nazis in Europe. However, they never had to deal with a true public accounting of these atrocities beyond token payments and statements.

Victims of Japan’s now-defunct forced sterilization law face an uphill battle in collecting compensation, with the government appealing court rulings awarding state damages. So far 38 victims have ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea took a step toward improving ties with its traditional rival Japan on Monday, announcing a plan to compensate Koreans who performed forced labor during Tokyo’s ...