(1)Chinese group seeks apology, compensation for forced labor

NAGASAKI, Japan - A group of 10 Chinese former forced laborers and relatives of dead laborers walk to the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Nov. 28 to file a lawsuit against Japan, Nagasaki prefectural government and two Mitsubishi group firms. They are seeking apologies from the Japanese government and others 20 million yen in compensation for the hardships they sustained when forced to work at Japanese coal mines during World War II. (Kyodo)

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