Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

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