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Japan’s legacy of forced labor haunts ties with neighbors

TOKYO For years, Yeom Chan-soon was haunted by the cracking sound of a leather belt eating into the flesh of a fellow Korean mine worker being punished for trying to escape from forced labor in Japan. That dark chapter in Japan’s history, when hundreds of thousands of people were brought from the Korean Peninsula and other Asian nations to work…

Hiroshima survivor recalls working on tram after A-bomb

HIROSHIMA, Japan Tetsuko Shakuda was a frightened 14-year-old when she resumed her work as a conductor on a tram line in the devastated city of Hiroshima, just three days after the atomic bomb exploded 75 years ago, badly damaging the…

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Hiroshima court recognizes atomic bomb ‘black rain’ victims

TOKYO A Japanese court on Wednesday for the first time recognized people exposed to radioactive “black rain” that fell after the 1945 U.S. atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the city and the prefecture to provide…

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Tokyo governor wins 2nd term, buoyed by handling of virus

TOKYO Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has won a second term to head the Japanese capital, buoyed to Sunday’s election victory by public support for her coronavirus handling despite a recent rise in infections that has raised concerns of a…

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Heavy rain floods southern Japan; 2 dead, dozen missing

TOKYO Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving at least two dead, more than a dozen missing and others stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued, officials said. More than 75,000 residents in the…

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Japan to boost space cooperation with US in revised policy

TOKYO Japan said Monday it will step up its defense capability in space and improve its ability to detect and track missiles, while cooperating with the United States in response to what it called a growing threat from North Korea and…

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