Mitsui Mining ordered to pay in black lung suit

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former miners and their relatives express delight Dec. 18 in front of the Fukuoka District Court after the court ordered Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsui Coal Mining Co. to pay them 1.59 billion yen in compensation. Plaintiffs claimed the miners contracted black lung disease from working in a Mitsui coal mine in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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