Miyazaki court rejects damages claim by Chinese forced laborers

Miyazaki court rejects damages claim by Chinese forced laborers

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters arrives at the Miyazaki District Court on March 26 to hear a ruling on their lawsuit. The court later rejected a damages suit filed by a group of Chinese who sought compensation from the state and a Tokyo company for being forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II, in another loss by plaintiffs in a series of such lawsuits.

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