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Site of arson attack in ethnic Korean district in western Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021, shows some of the buildings burned down in an arson attack the previous day that damaged or destroyed seven buildings in Utoro, a 2-hectare ethnic Korean district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture in western Japan. The attack was motivated by prejudice against Korean residents.

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Site of arson attack in ethnic Korean district in western Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021, shows some of the buildings burned down in an arson attack the previous day that damaged or destroyed seven buildings in Utoro, a 2-hectare ethnic Korean district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture in western Japan. The attack was motivated by prejudice against Korean residents.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A woman bows at Utoro port in Shari on April 23, 2024, marking the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking in waters off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

Photo shows Utoro port in Shari on April 23, 2024, marking the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking in waters off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

Passengers get on a sightseeing boat from Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

A sightseeing boat leaves Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

A sightseeing boat leaves Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

Passengers get on a sightseeing boat from Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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1st anniv. of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A woman offers flowers to an altar set up at a roadside rest stop in the Utoro district of Shari on April 23, 2023, the first anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the northern Japan town. The Kazu I sank during a three-hour cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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U.N. official visits area ethnic Koreans threatened with eviction

KYOTO, Japan - Doudou Diene of Senegal, special rapporteur of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, inspects the Utoro district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 5 where ethnic Koreans living there since World War II are under threat of eviction.

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Cruises reopen after deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

A tourist boat carrying no passengers leaves Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, on June 16, 2022, to escort another tourist boat carrying passengers for safety purposes. Three tourist boat operators based at the port in the northern Japan town reopened sightseeing cruises the same day for the first time since a tourist boat operated by another company sank in April with 26 people aboard in bad weather.

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Cruises reopen after deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

A tourist boat leaves Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, on June 16, 2022. Three tourist boat operators based at the port in the northern Japan town reopened sightseeing cruises the same day for the first time since a tourist boat operated by another company sank in April with 26 people aboard in bad weather.

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Cruises reopen after deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

People prepare to board a tourist boat in Shari, Hokkaido, on June 16, 2022. Three tourist boat operators based at Utoro port in the northern Japan town reopened sightseeing cruises the same day for the first time since a tourist boat operated by another company sank in April with 26 people aboard in bad weather.

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Cruises reopen after deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

People get on a tourist boat in Shari, Hokkaido, on June 16, 2022. Three tourist boat operators based at Utoro port in the northern Japan town reopened sightseeing cruises the same day for the first time since a tourist boat operated by another company sank in April with 26 people aboard in bad weather.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

A Hokkaido police vessel leaves the port of Utoro in the town of Shari, northern Japan, on May 6, 2022, to search for people missing since a tourist boat sank in late April.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

A Hokkaido police vessel leaves the port of Utoro in the town of Shari, northern Japan, on May 6, 2022, to search for people missing since a tourist boat sank in late April.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

A police vessel leaves the port of Utoro in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on May 4, 2022, to search for people missing after a tourist boat sank on April 23 with 26 people aboard.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Crew members prepare to leave the Utoro fishing port in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on May 4, 2022, to search for people missing after a tourist boat sank on April 23 with 26 people aboard.

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Utoro Peace Memorial Museum

Photo taken April 30, 2022, shows the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum in Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, exhibiting the history of descendants of wartime Korean laborers in the Utoro community in the western Japan city.

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Utoro Peace Memorial Museum

Photo taken April 30, 2022, shows the interior of the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum in Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, exhibiting the history of descendants of wartime Korean laborers living in the Utoro community in the western Japan city.

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Utoro Peace Memorial Museum

The Utoro Peace Memorial Museum holds an opening ceremony in Uji in Kyoto Prefecture on April 30, 2022, exhibiting the history of descendants of wartime Korean laborers living in the Utoro community in the western Japan city.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Vessels leave the Utoro fishing port in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on April 29, 2022, to search for people missing after a tourist boat disappeared on April 23 with 26 people aboard.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Crew members prepare to leave the Utoro fishing port in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on April 29, 2022, to search for people missing after a tourist boat disappeared on April 23 with 26 people aboard.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Crew members prepare to leave the Utoro fishing port in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on April 29, 2022, to search for people missing after a tourist boat disappeared on April 23 with 26 people aboard.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

A vessel leaves the Utoro fishing port in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on April 29, 2022, to search for people missing after a tourist boat disappeared on April 23 with 26 people aboard.

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Deadly tourist boat accident off Hokkaido

Fishing boats are seen at the port of Utoro in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, on April 28, 2022. Search operations continue for 15 people still missing after a tour boar went missing April 23 off Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula. Eleven fatalities have been confirmed.

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U.N. official visits area ethnic Koreans threatened with evictio

KYOTO, Japan - Doudou Diene of Senegal, special rapporteur of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, inspects the Utoro district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 5 where ethnic Koreans living there since World War II are under threat of eviction. (Kyodo)