Japanese hotel to remove monument to colonial-era Korean independence activist

A hotel in southwestern Japan has decided to remove a stone monument honoring a Korean independence activist from the early days of Japan's colonial rule, its website showed Thursday, after protests from the conservative bloc in the country.

Kochi Kuroshio Hotel, located in the Kochi Prefecture, said in a notice it will remove the monument to Ahn Jung-geun from its compound by Friday, according to the website.

The monument was erected Saturday with an initiative led by a Seoul-based organization ...