Court orders state to compensate coal miners for disease

Court orders state to compensate coal miners for disease

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs in a suit demanding that the state and coal mine companies pay compensation for former miners who contracted lung disease caused by dust inhalation enter the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka on July 19 holding pictures of their deceased family members. The court ordered the state and the three companies -- Mitsui Mining Co., Nittetsu Mining Co., and Mitsui Coal Mining Co. -- to pay them some 1.91 billion yen in compensation.

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