TOKYO - Japan will recommend a gold and silver mine on Sado Island for the 2023 UNESCO World Heritage list, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, drawing an immediate backlash from South Korea which urged Tokyo to stop attempting to list the site linked to what Seoul views as forced Korean laborers during World War II.
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