45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

ICJ judges arrive at their seats in the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

A view from the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

45 Countries Take Israel to ICJ - The Hague

ICJ judges arrive at their seats in the public hearing at International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations against Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands on April 29, 2025. A total of 45 plaintiffs allege the Israeli government is blocking access to aid supplies in Gaza. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

High court dismisses suit by Chinese forced laborers

High court dismisses suit by Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs who brought suit against Japan and two Japanese companies over wartime forced labor of Chinese head to the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka Prefecture on March 9. The court dismissed the damages suit filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II.

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

BEIJING, China - Plaintiffs listen to lawyers in Beijing on March 29 after the Fukuoka District Court in Japan dismissed earlier in the day a damages suit against the Japanese government and two Japanese companies -- Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp.-- filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work at mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II.

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Fukuoka District Court on March 29 for a hearing in which the court dismissed a damages suit against the Japanese government and two Japanese companies -- Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp.-- filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work at mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II.

(2)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

(2)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Kawakami, head of a group of 45 plaintiffs who sued the central and Kumamoto prefectural governments to seek compensation for the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15 after the Supreme Court held the state and prefectural governments responsible for the disease in the 1950s and 1960s.

(1)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

(1)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Kawakami, head of a group of 45 plaintiffs who sued the central and Kumamoto prefectural governments to seek compensation for the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, holds a banner proclaiming their victory in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Oct. 25. The court held the state and prefectural governments responsible for the disease in the 1950s and 1960s.

(1)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

(1)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Kawakami, head of a group of 45 plaintiffs who sued the central and Kumamoto prefectural governments to seek compensation for the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, holds a banner proclaiming their victory in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Oct. 25. The court held the state and prefectural governments responsible for the disease in the 1950s and 1960s. (Kyodo)

(2)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

(2)Supreme Court holds state responsible for Minamata disease

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Kawakami, head of a group of 45 plaintiffs who sued the central and Kumamoto prefectural governments to seek compensation for the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15 after the Supreme Court held the state and prefectural governments responsible for the disease in the 1950s and 1960s. (Kyodo)

High court dismisses suit by Chinese forced laborers

High court dismisses suit by Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs who brought suit against Japan and two Japanese companies over wartime forced labor of Chinese head to the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka Prefecture on March 9. The court dismissed the damages suit filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II. (Kyodo)

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Fukuoka District Court on March 29 for a hearing in which the court dismissed a damages suit against the Japanese government and two Japanese companies -- Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp.-- filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work at mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. (Kyodo)

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

Court dismisses damages suit by Chinese forced laborers

BEIJING, China - Plaintiffs listen to lawyers in Beijing on March 29 after the Fukuoka District Court in Japan dismissed earlier in the day a damages suit against the Japanese government and two Japanese companies -- Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp.-- filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work at mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. (Kyodo)