Releasing Book in S. Korea, Japanese Scholar Says Tokyo is Liable for Compensation of Colonial Victims

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Under international law, Japan is still liable for compensating Koreans forced to work for Japanese firms and in military brothels during World War II despite a 1965 bilateral treaty that Japan claims has settled such compensation claims, a Japanese scholar said Monday. Tetsuya Takahashi, a philosophy professor at the [...]