ILEA000114052: S. Korean court orders Japan firm to compensate ex-forced laborers

Court orders Japan Post to close wage gap for contract workers

Asashi Udagawa (L) and Kiyoshi Asakawa (C), two of the three contract workers suing Japan Post Co. for paying them less than full-time employees doing the same work, attend a news conference at the labor ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2017, after the Tokyo District Court ruled in favor of their claims. The court awarded the workers some 920,000 yen ($8,300) in total, a small fraction of the roughly 15 million yen sought but a decision that could have major ramifications for the company, nearly half of whose 390,000-strong workforce consists of contractors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean court orders Japan firm to pay out over ex-forced laborers

Lee Gyong Ja (R) meets with reporters on Aug. 8, 2017, after the Gwangju District Court of South Korea ordered Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay compensation over forced labor by two women during World War II. Lee is one of the plaintiffs, representing her late family member. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chinese sue Japan's contractor Kajima over wartime forced labor

A bereaved family member of a former Chinese forced laborer at Kajima Corp. speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2016, after a total of 27 people, consisting of a survivor and bereaved families, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese construction company, seeking 1 million yuan ($145,000) in compensation for each plaintiff for forced labor during World War II. The plaintiffs said the former laborers were forced to work at Kajima construction sites in Japan's Gunma and Kagoshima prefectures in 1944. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chinese sue Japan's contractor Kajima over wartime forced labor

A bereaved family member of a former Chinese forced laborer at Kajima Corp. speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2016, after a total of 27 people, consisting of a survivor and bereaved families, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese construction company, seeking 1 million yuan ($145,000) in compensation for each plaintiff for forced labor during World War II. The plaintiffs said the former laborers were forced to work at Kajima construction sites in Japan's Gunma and Kagoshima prefectures in 1944. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ruling on damages over school kids' deaths in tsunami

People mourn victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster on Oct. 25, 2016, in front of Okawa elementary school in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, where 74 students died or remain unaccounted for. Of the 74, the families of 23 students filed a damages suit seeking compensation from local authorities, and the Sendai District Court will hand down a ruling on Oct. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Citizen's group files suit to halt maglev train line construction

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo District Court on May 20, 2016, to file a lawsuit demanding the revocation of state's approval for the construction of Central Japan Railway Co.'s maglev bullet train line. Over 700 people living along the planned line have joined the suit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-fishermen file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Plaintiffs head to the Kochi District Court in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi on May 9, 2016, to file a damages suit in connection with the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The former fishermen operating in the surrounding ocean area at that time claimed they could not seek compensation from the United States as the Japanese government declined to disclose records of their exposure to radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-fishermen file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Plaintiffs head to the Kochi District Court in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi on May 9, 2016, to file a damages suit in connection with the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The former fishermen operating in the surrounding ocean area at that time claimed they could not seek compensation from the United States as the Japanese government declined to disclose records of their exposure to radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court orders state to pay damages for noise at Iwakuni base

Lawyers representing plaintiffs who sought compensation for noise damage and suspension of early morning and nighttime jet flights at the Iwakuni air base, western Japan, hold banners to inform the court ruling on Oct. 15, 2015. The Yamaguchi District Court's Iwakuni branch ordered the state to pay damages, while rejecting the demand for flight suspension. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court orders state to pay damages for noise at Iwakuni base

Lawyers representing plaintiffs who sought compensation for noise damage and suspension of early morning and nighttime jet flights at the Iwakuni air base, western Japan, hold banners to inform the court ruling on Oct. 15, 2015. The Yamaguchi District Court's Iwakuni branch ordered the state to pay damages, while rejecting the demand for flight suspension. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean court orders Japan firm to compensate ex-forced laborers

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