Honda ordered to pay compensation over asbestos-related case

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenari Hane, a former mechanic who worked at a factory of Honda Motor Co.'s subsidiary in Nagoya in the late 1960s, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered Honda to pay 54 million yen in compensation to him over his claim that he suffered a cancer called mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working at the factory. (Kyodo)

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