Court rejects damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

Court rejects damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Takeko Fujii (R) and Noriko Suzuki (C) walk into the Tokyo District Court with their supporters to listen to a ruling on their 60 million yen damages suit against the state. Joined by another woman, they argued that the state failed to take swift action to repatriate them from China after World War II.

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