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Asbestos victims file suit against state, manufacturers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, including construction workers with asbestos-linked diseases and family members of deceased workers, head to the Tokyo District Court on May 16. About 170 people filed a lawsuit against the state and construction material manufacturers the same day, demanding 6.6 billion yen in damages. Plaintiffs on the frontline carried a banner demanding the state and construction material firms admit their responsibility and pay compensation.

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Japan emigrants in Dominican Republic angry about court ruling

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Kurato Kimura, who leads a group of 170 plaintiffs in a damages suit against the state, drops his shoulders at his home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on June 6 when told of a Tokyo District Court ruling that turned down their case. ''How come the government could win despite deceiving us? Where is the right legislation?'' he asked.

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State, drug firms deny responsibility for hepatitis infection

OSAKA, Japan - Three plaintiffs, their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on Dec. 26 to attend the first hearing on a 170 million yen damages suit over hepatitis C they contracted after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. The government and two pharmaceutical companies denied responsibility for causing their disease.

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Gov't ordered to pay 170 mil. yen for Atsugi base noise

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs walk into the Tokyo High Court on July 23 to hear a ruling on their case, in which they sought compensation for their suffering caused by aircraft noise at U.S. Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The court ordered the government to pay about 170 million yen in damages to 134 residents who live near the base.

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Japan emigrants in Dominican Republic angry about court ruling

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Kurato Kimura, who leads a group of 170 plaintiffs in a damages suit against the state, drops his shoulders at his home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on June 6 when told of a Tokyo District Court ruling that turned down their case. ''How come the government could win despite deceiving us? Where is the right legislation?'' he asked. (Kyodo)

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Asbestos victims file suit against state, manufacturers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, including construction workers with asbestos-linked diseases and family members of deceased workers, head to the Tokyo District Court on May 16. About 170 people filed a lawsuit against the state and construction material manufacturers the same day, demanding 6.6 billion yen in damages. Plaintiffs on the frontline carried a banner demanding the state and construction material firms admit their responsibility and pay compensation. (Kyodo)

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State, drug firms deny responsibility for hepatitis infection

OSAKA, Japan - Three plaintiffs, their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on Dec. 26 to attend the first hearing on a 170 million yen damages suit over hepatitis C they contracted after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. The government and two pharmaceutical companies denied responsibility for causing their disease. (Kyodo)

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Gov't ordered to pay 170 mil. yen for Atsugi base noise

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs walk into the Tokyo High Court on July 23 to hear a ruling on their case, in which they sought compensation for their suffering caused by aircraft noise at U.S. Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The court ordered the government to pay about 170 million yen in damages to 134 residents who live near the base.