Chinese A-bombing victim files damages suit

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo shows a news conference attended by lawyers for Zhang Wenbin, a 78-year-old Chinese man. He filed a lawsuit Aug. 31 against the Japanese government and a Niigata-based stevedore company, seeking damages in connection with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 when he was in the city as a prisoner. Zhang was forcibly brought to Japan during World War II. He did not attend the press meeting.

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