Article: Japan Hiding Documents, Unpaid Wages of Korean Forced Laborers: Report.

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese government has acknowledged employing hundreds of thousands of people from neighboring Asian countries as forced labor during World War II, but is refusing to release documents concerning the laborers and their unpaid salaries, a local newspaper reported Monday.Citing the leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, Mizuho Fukushima, South Korea's Dong-A daily reported the Japanese government has refused to make public documents dealing with the bank deposits of forced laborers from Korea and China.According to the report, the Japanese lawmaker has repeatedly asked for a complete list of those conscripted into Japanese ...

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