Chinese sue Japan gov't over toxic gas containers

Chinese sue Japan gov't over toxic gas containers

TOKYO, Japan - An 13-year-old Chinese girl (R), one of 48 Chinese who filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government seeking 1.43 billion yen in compensation, attends a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25. The Chinese plaintiffs were poisoned in 2003 by toxic gas leaking from containers abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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