Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a controversial former gold mine that has added to diplomatic frictions with South Korea over Japanese ...

Sado, the Island of Gold. Traveling to parts of Japan beyond Tokyo and Kyoto.When foreigners think of traveling to Japan, ...

I want to visit Sado. But how much can I see in 2 days and 1 night?”When planning your first trip to Sado, the first thing ...

The Japanese government held the "Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony" near the Sado Mine in Niigata Prefecture, a site of forced labor for Koreans during the Japanese colonial period, but once again made no ...

Japan again stopped short of acknowledging the forced nature of Korean labor during a ceremony Saturday commemorating victims of a World War II-era mine complex in the country. The annual ceremony was ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country’s Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over Japan’s brutal wartime use of Korean forced laborers, ...

An international heritage body has recommended that Japan take further steps to adequately reflect the "whole history" of the Sado mine World Heritage site, linked to the wartime mobilization of ...

Long admired by Japanese children for their speed, lesser emperor dragonflies have short adult lives and lay eggs with the ...

Having initially landed only to rest on a voyage to Hokkaido, a writer was so taken with this magical, welcoming Japanese island that he has been unable to resist repeat visits Dawn is still several ...

The Japanese government has published a World Heritage guidebook that excludes historical wrongdoing, running counter to the promise it made when modern industrial facilities were inscribed on the ...