By YOSHIAKI KONISHI/ Staff Writer
July 12, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Residents and supporters pose for a photo at the end of a Buddhist service in front of the former bunkhouse, designated for demolition, in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on June 26. (Yoshiaki Konishi)
UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--Work is under way to tear down a decrepit bunkhouse that housed Korean laborers amid harsh conditions during World War II and later became a symbol of the community’s rough past. [Read More]
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