SEOUL (Reuters) - One test of the commitment by Japan and South Korea to resolve the "comfort women" issue may be the fate of a statue in front of Tokyo's embassy in Seoul. The bronze of a ...

The effort was a part of the “Ryukyu Kingdom cultural heritage collection and restoration” project of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum ... Nio statues by Inpa at five sites in Japan ...

Along with the golden statue, a hot-springs facility, an amusement park and an art museum opened in the area ... Now, the statue poses a safety problem. Japan's building code requires structures ...

They set it up seven years ago to help protect Japan's cultural ... Naka, left, leads a museum workshop for children. The current project is a pair of 700-year-old Nio guardian statues for ...