[https://ca.news.yahoo.com/japan-removing-world-war-ii-120735276.html](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/japan-removing-world-war-ii-120735276.html)
Yasuhito Fujii, 74, the executive director of the activist group that installed and maintained the memorial was quoted as saying by *Hankyoreh Shimbun*: “Even the local government knows what it’s doing is shameful. Why else would they be removing it under wraps?” There were screens erected at the rear entrance to the park to bar entry to reporters and the public.
“Removing the memorial is an attempt to erase Japan’s history of wrongdoing. Even if the memorial is removed, the spirit of remembrance, reflection and friendship with Koreans will live on,” he said.
On Sunday one protestor said: “Removing the memorial will only add to the historical denial of far-right groups that claim that Koreans weren’t forced into labour.”
by Strange-Diver1
