Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a controversial former gold ...

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, ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee recommended on July 15 that Japan improve its efforts to properly inform the public about the fact that forced labor of Koreans occurred at the Sado Mine. This is a ...

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 ...

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 ...