By RYUICHI KITANO/ Senior Staff Writer
August 17, 2020 at 16:55 JST
Lee Hak-rae, a Korean convicted of war crimes for his actions as a guard at a prisoner of war camp during World War II, calls for legislation aimed at providing special benefits to Koreans and Taiwanese who were convicted of class B or C war crimes at the Tokyo tribunal during a news conference in Tokyo in June. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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