Sunday, March 2, 2014
China court accepts suit against Japanese firms for WWII forced labor
[JURIST] Beijing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday accepted a lawsuit filed by 37 plaintiffs seeking compensation from two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Materials and Nippon Coke and Engineering [corporate websites], for forced labor during World War II [LOC backgrounder]. The suit alleges that the plaintiffs and their relatives were taken [BBC report] to Japan where they were forced to work in coal mines during the War. According to the BBC, the top Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga [official profile]...
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