Plaintiff of Chinese forced labor suit Wang dies

Plaintiff of Chinese forced labor suit Wang dies

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Min (photo taken in October 1994), a Chinese survivor of an uprising at a forced labor mine in northeastern Japan during World War II and one of the 11 plaintiffs of a suit against Kajima Corp. for compensation for the labor, died of heart failure Nov. 4 at a hospital in Hebei Province, northern China, his supporters said Nov. 6. He was 81.

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