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(2)High court denies redress to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng (R), 81, fights back tears May 24 during a news conference in Fukuoka after the Fukuoka High Court denied him and 14 other Chinese men redress from the state and Mitsui Mining Co. for forcing them to work in Japanese coal mines during World War II. Liu Qian, 82, another plaintiff, is seated at center.

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(1)High court denies redress to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Liu Qian (2nd from L), 82, and Zhang Baoheng (3rd from L), 81, stand before supporters May 24 outside the Fukuoka High Court. The court denied redress from the state and Mitsui Mining Co. to them and 13 other Chinese men forced to work in Japanese coal mines during World War II in the first-ever ruling at the high court level on a series of lawsuits former Chinese forced laborers have filed across Japan.

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Chinese sues Japan for 207 mil. yen over WWII forced labor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng, 76, walks into the Fukuoka District Court on May 10 to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government and Mitsui Mining Co., seeking 207 million yen in compensation for his time as forced laborer in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. Zhang was joined in the suit by eight other Chinese who say they were conscripted to Japan in 1943 and 1944 and were forced to work for Mitsui Mining at its Miike and Tagawa coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Wang Baoheng runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Grand Canal Forest Park in Tongzhou District of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY(CN)

(220204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Wang Baoheng runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Grand Canal Forest Park in Tongzhou District of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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(2)High court denies redress to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng (R), 81, fights back tears May 24 during a news conference in Fukuoka after the Fukuoka High Court denied him and 14 other Chinese men redress from the state and Mitsui Mining Co. for forcing them to work in Japanese coal mines during World War II. Liu Qian, 82, another plaintiff, is seated at center. (Kyodo)

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(1)High court denies redress to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Liu Qian (2nd from L), 82, and Zhang Baoheng (3rd from L), 81, stand before supporters May 24 outside the Fukuoka High Court. The court denied redress from the state and Mitsui Mining Co. to them and 13 other Chinese men forced to work in Japanese coal mines during World War II in the first-ever ruling at the high court level on a series of lawsuits former Chinese forced laborers have filed across Japan. (Kyodo)

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Chinese sues Japan for 207 mil. yen over WWII forced labor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng, 76, walks into the Fukuoka District Court on May 10 to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government and Mitsui Mining Co., seeking 207 million yen in compensation for his time as forced laborer in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. Zhang was joined in the suit by eight other Chinese who say they were conscripted to Japan in 1943 and 1944 and were forced to work for Mitsui Mining at its Miike and Tagawa coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture.