Chinese wartime forced laborers sue gov't, Niigata firm

Chinese wartime forced laborers sue gov't, Niigata firm

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, joined by their lawyers and supporters, demonstrate outside the Niigata District Court on Sept. 12 before filing a lawsuit demanding the Japanese government and a harbor transport company in Niigata pay about 175 million yen in compensation for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II.

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