The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Brazil apologizes for WWII-era persecution of Japanese immigrantsBRASILIA - The Brazilian government on Thursday offered its first apology over the persecution of Japanese immigrants in the country during and after World War II, a landmark movement for restoring their honor ahead of next year's 80th anniversary of the end of the war.The apology was made over two cases -- one in which Brazil, as part of the Allies, evicted Japanese immigrants from their houses in Santos during the war, and another involving m…READ FULL ARTICLE
