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In 1998, Japan and South Korea agreed to “build a future-oriented relationship based on reconciliation.” What went wrong? Twenty years ago, Japan and South Korea seemed […]

Ursula Haverbeck, 89, was jailed for two years for denying the Holocaust, a crime in Germany. However, she failed to report to prison last week, prompting […]

Comments from the Japanese consul general in Atlanta about Brookhaven’s “comfort women” memorial – made in a Reporter interview where he denied the women were sexually […]

By JEFF KINGSTON  SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES As I explained last week, I recently met former “comfort woman” Lee Yong-soo, 89, at a rally in Seoul held […]