UNESCO says Japan failed to provide sufficient explanation on forced labor Posted : 2021-07-23 09:23 Updated : 2021-07-23 09:23 Hashima Island, also known as the Battleship Island, where many Koreans were taken to toil at coal mines / Yonhap A UNESCO committee on Thursday called for Japan to keep its promise to honor forced labor victims at an information center on industrial revolution sites registered on the World Heritage list. In a virtual session, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) adopted a resolution stating Japan's failure to provide sufficient explanation about Korean victims of wartime forced labor at the Tokyo information center. The committee expressed strong regrets over Tokyo's failure to carry out its promise and called on Tokyo to improve the way it explains the Korean victims.