Chinese forced workers call for rights before top court ruling

Chinese forced workers call for rights before top court ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng (R), 81, a former forced laborer from China, and other Chinese plaintiffs speak at a news conference in Tokyo on April 25, calling for a ''fair'' judgment two days before the Supreme Court rules on whether Chinese individuals, including people who were forced to undertake forced labor in Japan during World War II, have the right to demand war reparations from Japan. The court will make a judgment on April 27 on whether China has given up individuals' rights to seek reparation under postwar agreements such as the 1972 Japan-China Joint Communique in which the Chinese government abandoned its right to do so.

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