「浮島丸」名簿を韓国に提供　終戦直後に爆発、沈没―厚労省

　終戦直後の１９４５年８月、旧日本海軍の輸送船「浮島丸」が京都府の舞鶴湾で爆発、沈没し、乗っていた朝鮮半島出身者ら５００人以上が死亡したとされる事件で、厚生労働省は５日、乗船者の名簿などの一部を韓国政府に提供したと発表した。
　提供したのは、乗船名簿や死没者名簿など１９種類。韓国政府から浮島丸関連文書の提供要請を受けて、厚労省が旧海軍などから引き継いだ資料を精査しており、終了分を提供したという。
　韓国政府も同日、名簿受領を発表し、「被害者の救済や事件の真相把握に活用する予定だ」とした。韓国の聯合ニュースは、岸田文雄首相の訪韓を前に「韓日関係改善の流れの成果ではないかとの分析も出ている」と伝えた。（2024/09/05-21:29）

Japan's welfare ministry said Thursday that it has provided the South Korean government with lists of passengers of a former Imperial Japanese Navy ship that sank in 1945, likely killing over 500 Koreans aboard.
   The ministry handed over 19 types of lists, including ones of passengers and those who were killed, after it finished screening documents obtained from the former Navy following a request for them by Seoul.
   The transport vessel Ukishima Maru exploded and sank in Maizuru Bay in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, in August 1945, soon after the end of World War II.
   According to Japanese government resources, there were about 3,700 people from the Korean Peninsula and some 250 Japanese crew on board, of whom 524 Koreans and 25 Japanese are believed to have died in the sinking.
   The South Korean government said Thursday that it has received the lists, adding that it plans to use the documents to provide relief for victims and investigate details of the incident. A local media outlet suggested that the development may be a product of rosier ties between the two countries.