(2)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Zhang Wenbin, one of 12 Chinese who filed a lawsuits to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, speaks to reporters in Niigata on March 26 after the Niigata District Court ordered the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to pay 88 million yen in damages. (Kyodo)

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