By YOSHIAKI KONISHI/ Staff Writer
July 12, 2021 at 07:00 JST
An artist’s rendition of the Utoro Heiwa Kinenkan (Utoro peace memorial hall) and part of the former bunkhouse to be rebuilt and displayed outside it (Provided by Utoro Minkan Kikin Zaidan)
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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