THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 5, 2022 at 19:03 JST
Liberal Democratic Party members of the Miyagi prefectural assembly, including Kizo Sasaki, pose during an inspection of the construction site for an undersea tunnel in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, in 2017. (From Facebook page of Kizo Sasaki)
KARATSU, Saga Prefecture—A hole surrounded by concrete penetrates a mountain here, part of a project once touted by politicians as a potential symbol of unity between Japan and South Korea. [Read More]
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