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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek (L), one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, answers a reporter's question in front of the Seoul High Court on July 10, 2013. The court ordered the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek (2nd from R), one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, raises his fist with supporters outside the Seoul High Court on July 10, 2013. The court ordered later the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek, one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, speaks at a press conference on July 10, 2013. The Seoul High Court ordered the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement.

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Court urges compromise settlement in hepatitis damages suit

SAPPORO, Japan - A lawyer holds up a banner in front of the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on March 12, 2010, after the court urged plaintiffs and the government to reach a compromise settlement in a damages suit involving hepatitis B virus infection caused by the reuse of hypodermic needles in group vaccinations. Among 10 similar suits filed with nine other district courts across Japan, the Sapporo court was the first to urge parties to reach a compromise settlement.

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Kin of Battle of Okinawa victims sue Yasukuni over enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - Kozen Kawabata (2nd from L), the head of a group of plaintiffs who have launched a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine, speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 19. The five families of 10 civilians and soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa and at other places during World War II have filed a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine seeking to delist their relatives from those worshipped at the shrine.

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JAL ordered to pay damages to flight attendants with children

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters hold a press conference after the Tokyo District Court ordered Japan Airlines International Co. on March 26 to pay about 15 million yen in damages to flight attendants with children who sued the airline for illegally reducing their daytime work to one to two days a month and thus their salary. The plaintiffs -- four female cabin crew members aged between 42 and 50 with more than 20 years of employment -- argued that it was illegal for their employer to reduce their daytime duties when they were exempted from working late at night under the childcare law, which regulates work after 10 p.m. for those raising preschoolers.

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Citizens file damages suit over 1945 Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Some 110 people arrive at the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on March 9 to sue the state for damages and an apology for their suffering from U.S. air raids on Tokyo on March 10, 1945, which they said was caused by the government's delayed decision to end the war. The plaintiffs consist of citizens who suffered in the air raids and bereaved families.

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High court turns down appeal from Chinese WWII forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Tokyo High Court on June 16 before the court rejected a damages suit filed by 42 Chinese nationals against the Japanese government and 10 corporations for having forcibly brought them to Japan and forced them to perform unpaid labor during World War II.

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - The Nagano District Court dismissed on March 10 a damages suit filed by a group of former Chinese laborers, and family members of those already deceased, who were forced to work under harsh conditions at a construction site in Nagano Prefecture during World War II. After rejecting the plaintiffs' demand for 140 million yen in compensation, Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.'' (Pool photo)

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Cang Xinshu (center in front row) and six other plaintiffs walk to the Nagano District Court to hear court ruling on their damages suit on March 10. The court later dismissed the suit in which they had demanded that the state pay 40 million yen in compensation. Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.''

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High court rejects claims by Chinese over war sufferings

TOKYO, Japan - Jing Lanzhi (seated at center) gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 19, accompanied by her lawyers and supporters, 83, after the Tokyo High Court rejected compensation claims filed by her and nine other Chinese war victims against the Japanese government. The court upheld a lower court decision that individuals do not have the right to seek damages directly from a foreign government. The 10 plaintiffs will appeal the decision, their lawyers said.

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war.

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Court rejects suit by 42 victims of forced labor

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for Chinese nationals seeking compensation from the Japanese government and 10 firms, for having forced them to perform unpaid labor during World War II, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11 after the Tokyo District Court rejected their compensation demand. On the table are the photos of deceased plaintiffs.

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Plaintiffs in Nagoya pollution case meet Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs (L) from a court case over air pollution caused by factory smoke and exhaust in Nagoya visit Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) on Aug. 9 to ask for drastic improvement in air quality and assurances of no further pollution. The plaintiffs announced Aug. 6 that 10 companies, as part of a settlement, promised to compensate them, and the central government pledged to implement antipollution measures.

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10 of 161 plaintiffs recognized as "hibakusha"

Photo taken Feb. 22, 2016, in the city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, shows a meeting attended by plaintiffs seeking official recognition as "hibakusha" atomic bomb survivors and their supporters, after the Nagasaki District Court recognized 10 of 161 plaintiffs seeking such recognition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 of 161 plaintiffs recognized as "hibakusha"

A lawyer representing 161 plaintiffs seeking official recognition as "hibakusha" atomic bomb survivors holds a banner in Nagasaki on Feb. 22, 2016, reading "partial win" in front of the Nagasaki District Court. Of the 161, who at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city were located outside the area later officially designated as the bomb site, 10 were recognized as hibakusha. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court turns down appeal from Chinese WWII forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Tokyo High Court on June 16 before the court rejected a damages suit filed by 42 Chinese nationals against the Japanese government and 10 corporations for having forcibly brought them to Japan and forced them to perform unpaid labor during World War II. (Kyodo)

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High court rejects claims by Chinese over war sufferings

TOKYO, Japan - Jing Lanzhi (seated at center) gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 19, accompanied by her lawyers and supporters, 83, after the Tokyo High Court rejected compensation claims filed by her and nine other Chinese war victims against the Japanese government. The court upheld a lower court decision that individuals do not have the right to seek damages directly from a foreign government. The 10 plaintiffs will appeal the decision, their lawyers said. (Kyodo)

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Citizens file damages suit over 1945 Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Some 110 people arrive at the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on March 9 to sue the state for damages and an apology for their suffering from U.S. air raids on Tokyo on March 10, 1945, which they said was caused by the government's delayed decision to end the war. The plaintiffs consist of citizens who suffered in the air raids and bereaved families. (Kyodo)

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Kin of Battle of Okinawa victims sue Yasukuni over enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - Kozen Kawabata (2nd from L), the head of a group of plaintiffs who have launched a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine, speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 19. The five families of 10 civilians and soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa and at other places during World War II have filed a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine seeking to delist their relatives from those worshipped at the shrine. (Kyodo)

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - The Nagano District Court dismissed on March 10 a damages suit filed by a group of former Chinese laborers, and family members of those already deceased, who were forced to work under harsh conditions at a construction site in Nagano Prefecture during World War II. After rejecting the plaintiffs' demand for 140 million yen in compensation, Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.'' (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Cang Xinshu (center in front row) and six other plaintiffs walk to the Nagano District Court to hear court ruling on their damages suit on March 10. The court later dismissed the suit in which they had demanded that the state pay 40 million yen in compensation. Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.'' (Kyodo)

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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement. (Kyodo)

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war. (Kyodo)

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Court orders gov't, Tepco to pay 500 mil. yen over Fukushima crisis

Plaintiffs suing the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, over the 2011 nuclear crisis, celebrate during a rally in Fukushima on Oct. 10, 2017, after the Fukushima District Court ordered the state and Tepco to pay damages over the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court orders gov't, Tepco to pay 500 mil. yen over Fukushima crisis

Plaintiffs suing the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, over the 2011 nuclear crisis, celebrate in front of the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima on Oct. 10, 2017, after the court ordered the state and Tepco to pay damages over the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't, Tepco ordered to pay damages for Fukushima disaster

Lawyers for plaintiffs suing the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, over the 2011 nuclear crisis, hold up banners showing victory in the case in front of the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima on Oct. 10, 2017. The court ordered the state and Tepco to pay damages over the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't, Tepco ordered to pay damages for Fukushima disaster

Lawyers for plaintiffs suing the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, over the 2011 nuclear crisis, hold up banners showing victory in the case in front of the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima on Oct. 10, 2017. The court ordered the state and Tepco to pay damages over the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't, Tepco ordered to pay damages for Fukushima disaster

Plaintiffs suing the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, over the 2011 nuclear crisis, hold up signs in front of the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima on Oct. 10, 2017. The court ordered the state and Tepco to pay damages over the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't, Tepco ordered to pay damages for Fukushima disaster

Plaintiffs suing the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, over the 2011 nuclear crisis, enter the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima on Oct. 10, 2017. The court ordered the state and Tepco to pay damages over the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by the deadly earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court rejects suit by 42 victims of forced labor

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for Chinese nationals seeking compensation from the Japanese government and 10 firms, for having forced them to perform unpaid labor during World War II, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11 after the Tokyo District Court rejected their compensation demand. On the table are the photos of deceased plaintiffs. (Kyodo)

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Plaintiffs in Nagoya pollution case meet Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs (L) from a court case over air pollution caused by factory smoke and exhaust in Nagoya visit Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) on Aug. 9 to ask for drastic improvement in air quality and assurances of no further pollution. The plaintiffs announced Aug. 6 that 10 companies, as part of a settlement, promised to compensate them, and the central government pledged to implement antipollution measures.