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Tokyo ignores protest, approves mines for Unesco list

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Seoul had objected, citing Korean labourers being forced to work there from 1910 to 1945.

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Japanese PM Fumio Kishida’s government will submit the endorsement by 5pm today. (AP pic)

TOKYO:
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet formally approved nominating several mines for consideration as world heritage sites by Unesco, the government’s top spokesman said today, defying objection from South Korea.

The government will submit the endorsement to the United Nations cultural organisation by 5pm today to meet the deadline, said chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno.

Seoul had objected to the move, saying it is inappropriate because Korean labourers were forced to work there during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonisation of the Korean peninsula, including during World War II.

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