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April 6, 2015 – “Paradise lost: War brought hell, starvation to Japanese immigrants in Palau” (Japan Times)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“If the war had been prolonged for half a year, all Japanese immigrants would have starved to death,” Zensho Kinjo…

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April 6, 2015 – “All textbooks to state rights over territories” (Yomiuri)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“The education ministry on Monday announced the results of its latest textbook screenings and the content of new textbooks to…

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April 2, 2015 – “70% of South Koreans want Abe-Park meeting: poll” (Japan Times)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Seventy percent of South Koreans want President Park Geun-hye and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to hold a one-on-one meeting, a…

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April 5, 2015 – “China and Japan bicker over cherry blossoms” (Sydney Morning

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“The elegant flowers have long been associated with Japanese culture and aesthetics, a graceful metaphor for the ephemeral nature of…

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April 6, 2015 – “Think-tank head slams Abe’s attempt to dilute war crimes” (Korea Times)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“The head of a history think-tank has criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for referring to women forced by his…

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April 6, 2015 – “American prisoners of war in Japan were used for live experiments during World War II” (Business Insider)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“A university museum in Japan has broken a seven-decade taboo on discussing the dissection of live US prisoners of war…

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April 6, 2015 – “Comfort women and Vietnam War survivors pledge to fight together for justice” (Hankyoreh)

  • April 10, 2015
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“The person who invited the three Vietnamese to come to South Korea was Han Hong-gu, the permanent director on the…

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April 5, 2015 – “92-year-old KMT veteran in Nanjing honored at last for past battles” (Want China Times)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“This Tomb Sweeping Day, Liu Shouben, a 92-year-old former Kuomintang soldier, can finally tell people about the bloody battles he…

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