The Sado mines were listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after Japan moved past years of disputes with South Korea ...

Seoul to hold separate memorial service near the site Monday morning Korean officials skipped Japan's memorial service held ...

Japan conducted a memorial ceremony at the Sado Island Gold Mines on Sunday, despite a boycott by South Korea that underscored tensions over forced laborers at the site during World War II. The ...

SADO – Japan will hold a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a ...

The Japanese government has decided to have Akiko Ikuina, a foreign ministry official, attend the Sado mine memorial ceremony. It is controversial because he is a far-right figure with a history ...

SEOUL – The first official memorial ceremony honoring Korean victims of forced labor at the gold mines on Sado Island during Japan’s colonial rule from 1910 to 1945 will be held in Sado on Sunday, ...

18. “We will consider carefully how we can achieve this.” The Cultural Affairs Agency selected the Sado gold mine complex on Dec. 28 as Japan’s only candidate site for the upcoming listing.

Akiko Ikuina, parliamentary vice minister at Japan's foreign ministry, will be at the ceremony, scheduled to take place on western Sado Island, off its west coast, on Sunday. Japan announced Wednesday ...

This pain provides a deep well of energy to be mined. Historian Timothy Snyder refers to the process as a function of sado-populism. The more pain generated in the population, the more energy ...

The event will take place at the Aikawa Development Center on western Sado Island, off Japan's west coast, Sunday, the executive committee organizing the Sado mines memorial ceremony said. The ...

South Korea reacted sharply to moves by Japan for ancient gold and silver mines on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture to be included in UNESCO’s 2023 World Heritage List. Seoul called ...