Brazil apologizes for WWII-era persecution of Japanese immigrants

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 mistreatment on Anchieta Island of people imprisoned amid postwar unrest in the immigrant community.The issue was examined by the Amnesty Commission of the Human…READ FULL ARTICLE