Court dismisses damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

OSAKA, Japan - A banner indicting an ''unfair ruling'' is shown to Japanese citizens who were displaced in China during World War II and repatriated decades later and their supporters after the Osaka District Court turned down a damages suit filed by the ''war orphans'' on July 6. The plaintiffs claimed the state failed to take prompt action to repatriate them from China and to provide sufficient support after they resettled in Japan. (Kyodo)

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