The Sankei Shimbun reported that the Japanese government established an information center in Tokyo that introduces the Meiji period industrial heritage, including the warships, and held the opening ceremony on the 31st.

In this information center, it is expected that the historical distortion controversy will be raised as the video of the testimony of the "never been harassed" by Koreans living in the warships during World War II was introduced.

According to reports, the information center was installed in the second annex of the Government Building of Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

According to the spread of Corona 19, only officials attended the opening ceremony to be held on this day, and public release of the information center is suspended for the time being, Sankei said.

Sankei explained to the Information Center that "the video of the warships of the entire population of the warships and the details of the salary were introduced, and conveys a different reality from the South Korean allegations that Koreans from the Korean Peninsula were discriminated against."

More specifically, the video of the testimony of 36 warship residents, including the testimony of "I have never been harassed by people around me," said Fumio Suzuki, the second generation of Koreans in Japan during the Pacific War.

"We valued the testimony of knowing the primary sources and the times," said Koto Kato, managing director of the National Industrial Conference of the Foundation, which runs the information center. I will do it. "

Earlier, in July 2015, the World Heritage Committee registered 23 industrial facilities in the Meiji period, including seven forcibly used labor facilities including warships.

During the registration process at the time, Japan admitted that Koreans and other people were mobilized against their intentions at some facilities and were forced to work under harsh conditions, and announced that they would set up an information center to honor the victims.

However, contrary to the promise, Japan did not specify the word 'forced' in the first report of implementation submitted in December 2017, and prewar and war according to the National Mobilization Act during World War II. China and China had a large number of people from the Korean Peninsula who supported Japanese industries after the war.

No progress has been made in the 2017 report, including the fact that the second follow-up progress report submitted last year does not include measures to honor Koreans or honor victims.

In response to the comments made by the Korean government in December 3, last year, "In spite of the Japanese side's pledge to acknowledge the forced labor of the Korean people and take steps to honor the victims, this report also does not include the above-mentioned implementation of the Japanese government." "I express regret for this."

In this situation, the controversy is expected to increase as the information center also introduces a claim that the Koreans were not discriminated against at the time of the warship.

Sankei said that the information center exhibited salaries for Taiwanese recruits who worked at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard listed on the World Heritage List along with the warships, showing that wages were paid in addition to the Japanese.

(Yonhap News / Photo = Yonhap News)