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Japan's info center breaks pledge made to world
Japan's info center breaks pledge made to world
- 'Tokyo center's history distortion could offer prime opportunity'
- Jul 01,2020
- Seo Kyeong-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul, on June 26 said in a Korea.net interview that the exhibition at Japan's Industrial Heritage Informati...
- [Video] What is the Industrial Heritage Information Centre?
- Jun 30,2020
- KOCIS on June 29 hosted a special talk in Seoul on the history distortion presented in an exhibition at Japan's Industrial Heritage Information Centre, which was recently...
- Japan using history-distorting exhibit to revive military: scholar
- Jun 30,2020
- Sejong University professor Yuji Hosaka (right) and author Han Soosan (left), who wrote the novel "Gunhamdo (Battleship Island)," held a talk on June 29 under the theme "...
- Talk to discuss history distortion by Japan's info center
- Jun 29,2020
- Sejong University professor Yuji Hosaka, an expert on Korea-Japan relations, and author Han Soosan, who wrote the novel "Gunhamdo (Battleship Island)," will hold a talk o...
- Japan's 'Island of Hell' whitewash mars UNESCO Heritage site
- Jun 22,2020
- Exhibition covering Hashima all but ignores forced labor issue By Sarah Kim Korea Joongang Daily Hashima, an abandoned island that was once a thriving coal mining ...
- Hidden truth behind Battleship Island
- Jun 19,2020
- By Park Han-na Korea Herald For Japanese, Hashima Island may be a site that evokes pride that propelled the country to the global stage as an economic powerhouse. H...
- Korean, Japanese scholars blast Japan's history distortion in seminar
- Jun 19,2020
- A seminar via videoconferencing on an exhibition displaying the industrial sites of Japan's Meiji Restoration at the Industrial Heritage Information Centre in Tokyo on Ju...
- Japan fails to recognize Korean victims of forced labor
- Jun 18,2020
- By Kang Seung-woo Korea Times Japan is still refusing to acknowledge its wartime atrocities, with its newly opened UNESCO facility linked to its use of forced labor dur...
- Int'l media cover history distortion by Japan's info center
- Jun 17,2020
- International media as well as Japanese news outlets have taken a closer look at an exhibition hosted by the Industrial Heritage Information Centre in Tokyo. The exhibiti...
- Keep the promise
- Jun 17,2020
- By Korea Herald Japan conceals Battleship Island slave labor, breaks oath to honor victims at info center The Japanese government has reportedly concealed historical ...