THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 2, 2020 at 17:34 JST
Police stand guard as people heckle a group that disputes the 1923 massacre of Koreans. The protest was held outside Yokoamicho Park in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward on Sept. 1. (Tsubasa Setoguchi)
A memorial ceremony was held in a Tokyo park Sept. 1 to commemorate thousands of Koreans massacred in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake as a group that denies the slaughter occurred staged a gathering in the same venue to reassert its claim. [Read More]
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