[Photo] Japanese civic groups unite against Japan’s export controls

A collective of Japanese civic groups in support of victims of forced labor under imperial Japan have united to protest the Japanese government’s recent export controls. The groups called on the Abe administration to withdraw the export controls and to engage in dialogue with the South Korean government on forced labor victims and the issue of their compensation. The photo shows a network of university students protesting the export controls and the Abe administration’s push to expand Japans’ military in Seoul. (Baek So-ah, staff photographer)