Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Decided not to attend Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony..."It's hard to agree".

The government has decided not to attend Japan's "Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony," which has been controversial over the attendance of Japanese officials with a history of visiting Yasukuni shrine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a written notice by the visiting press corps that it has decided not to attend the Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow (24th) on Sado Island, Japan.

He then explained the reason because he judged that it was difficult to reach an acceptable agreement because there was not enough time to adjust differences between the two countries over the memorial service.

Earlier, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Akiko Ikuina, a political officer with a history of paying tribute to Yasukuni shrine, will attend the Sado mine memorial ceremony.

The vice minister-level political officer, who the government has been requesting, will attend, but controversy arose when it was revealed that Ikuina visited Yasukuni shrine on the day of Japan's defeat on August 15, 2022.

It was pointed out that it was inappropriate for a person who visited Yasukuni shrine, where Class A war criminals from the Pacific War, to come as a representative of the Japanese government to commemorate Korean workers who suffered from Japanese forced labor.

Ikuina is also known to have been in a position that South Korea should make concessions regarding the conflict between South Korea and Japan over Japanese Military Sexual Slavery and forced labor.