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Japan will hold Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions

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Japan will hold Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions.

South Korea's absence at Sunday ’s memorial is a major setback in the rapidly improving ties between the two countries.

The 16th-century mines on the island of Sado operated for nearly 400 years before closing in 1989 .

Japan 's government said on Friday that Akiko Ikuina — a parliamentary vice minister — would attend the ceremony.