(1)Two Mitsui firms, miners sign settlement document

(1)Two Mitsui firms, miners sign settlement document

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shuji Nishino (L), president of Mitsui Mining Co., and Toshihiko Jo, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, sign a settlement document in Fukuoka on Aug. 1, in which two Mitsui group mining companies agreed to pay 8.1 billion in compensation to them for causing a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of inorganic particles.

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