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Seoul, Jun 7 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea's Central District Court dismissed Monday a damages suit filed by 85 South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan and their families against 16 Japanese companies, saying the plaintiffs don't have litigation rights. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: VICTIMS OF JAPAN'S FORCED LABOR DURING THE JAPANESE COLONIAL RULE OF KOREA (1910-45) ARRIVE TO HEAR A COURT'S RULING AT THE SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT IN SEOUL,SOUTH KOREA.
Kyoto (Japan), Aug 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Dai Kurokawa) Visitors carried candles as they walked in a pond to purify themselves during the Mitarashi festival (purification rites) at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto on the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.FOOTAGE OF THE EVENT.
Tokyo, Aug 14 (EFE/EPA).- People visited Friday the Yasukuni shrine in tokyo on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII.The Japanese government said about 3.1 millione people were killed in 1963 during the war.After Class A war criminals were also enshrined at Yasukuni, the Japanese emperors never visited the shrine, making it a highly controversial place. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA)FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE PRAYING IN FRONT OF A TORII GATE AT THE YASUKUNI SHRINE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Okinawa, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Tuesday held low-key acts amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the fierce battle between the United States and Japan during the Second World War, which claimed the lives of 200,000, half of them civilians.The annual ceremony was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, a town in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa where the battle ended, and only those living in the prefecture itself were able to attend, local news agency Kyodo reported.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mayors of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a United Nations representative were also scheduled to attend the event but restrictions imposed in the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that they could only be present through video messages sent for the occasion. (Camera: HITOSHI MAESHIRO).SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE OF OKINAWA AT THE CORNERSTONE OF PEACE IN ITOMAN, JAPANESE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF OKINAWA, AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 240,000 WAR VICTIMS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, AT THE PEACE MEMORIAL PARK IN ITOMAN IN OKINAWA, JAPAN.
Japan, South Korea hold ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Julie Noce reports.
South Korean wartime sex slavery victims await an apology from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's as twilight of life fades. Natasha Howitt reports.
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