Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

HONG KONG, China July 7 - Kaoru Kurusu, 71, a witness to wartime abuse against Chinese forced laborers, calls for protesters in Hong Kong on July 7 to join in a campaign to demand Nishimatsu Construction Co. apologize and compensate 360 Chinese forced laborers who were exploited and maltreated by the Japanese company in Hiroshima in 1944.

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