A statement from the organization recalled that after occupying Korea, Japanese imperialism forcibly took more than eight million young men to work in war camps and left thousands to die under U.S. air raids on Tokyo and Osaka cities.

After denouncing that the dead were buried in mass graves, without even identifying them, he pointed out that, 80 years after this abominable and imprescriptible crime, the clamor of the souls of those who died and were buried under these circumstances is still heard.

The Association urged Japan to investigate the facts, publish the results, apologize for its execrable behavior and compensate the victims of forced conscription and their families.

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