260 people sue Ehime governor over history textbook

MATSUYAMA, Japan - People arrive at the Matsuyama District Court in Matsuyama on March 30 to file a lawsuit seeking around 13 million yen in compensation and an apology from Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato and others over the prefectural education board's adoption of a controversial history textbook. About 260 people, including South Koreans and Chinese, join the lawsuit.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001108270

Registered date
2005/3/30 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2005 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 1228 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
639.77(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

S. Korean court rejects damages suit by Korea workers

BUSAN, South Korea - Three of six South Korean plaintiffs come out of a court room after their damages suit was dismissed by the district court in Busan on Feb. 2. The Koreans who were affected by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while being forced to work as forced laborers in Japan during World War II, demanded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. pay them unpaid wages and compensation totaling 606 million won (about 78 million yen), or 101 million won to each. The court said the statute of limitations on their claims had already expired.

High court dismisses S. Koreans' claims over ship loss

OSAKA, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs enter the Osaka High Court on May 30 to hear a ruling on their claim for an apology and 2.8 billion yen in compensation from the Japanese government over the sinking of a Japanese navy transport ship in 1945. The court overturned a lower court ruling and rejected their claims. The ship, the Ukishima Maru, exploded and sank, killing 524 Korean forced laborers on board being returned home from Japan after World War II.

U.S. commander meets with Ehime governor

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (R), commander of the U.S. Navy in Japan, meets with Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato in Matsuyama on April 20 to explain a Navy court's decision not to recommend courts-martial for officers on a submarine that sank a fisheries training ship from the prefecture.

Chinese wartime forced laborers sue gov't, Niigata firm

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, joined by their lawyers and supporters, demonstrate outside the Niigata District Court on Sept. 12 before filing a lawsuit demanding the Japanese government and a harbor transport company in Niigata pay about 175 million yen in compensation for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II.

Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

Osaka governor loses sexual harassment suit

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Knock Yokoyama is surrounded by reporters in Osaka on Oct. 4 soon after effectively losing a civil lawsuit filed by a 21-year-old university student accusing him of sexual harassment during his campaign for reelection in April. The student, who worked as a campaign volunteer, is seeking 12 million yen as compensation for psychological distress. Yokoyama, 67, lost the case when his lawyer chose not to counter the charges at the first oral proceeding at the Osaka District Court.