State ordered to pay damages to tunnel workers with lung disease

State ordered to pay damages to tunnel workers with lung disease

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs celebrate in front of the Sendai District Court in Sendai on Oct. 12 after the court ordered the state to pay 270.6 million yen in compensatory damages to former tunnel construction workers and families of deceased workers for pneumoconiosis contracted on state-backed projects.

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