War-displaced Japanese ask gov't not to appeal damages suit ruling

War-displaced Japanese ask gov't not to appeal damages suit ruling

TOKYO, Japan - A group of war-displaced Japanese from Hyogo Prefecture and their lawyers hold a sit-in Dec. 4 in front of the welfare ministry, urging the state not to appeal a court ruling last week which ordered the government to pay damages to them.

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