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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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Japanese emigrants to Dominican Republic stress suffering in court

TOKYO, Japan - Kurato Kimura (2nd from L, front), who leads Japanese emigrant plaintiffs, and other plaintiffs meet reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 17 after a final hearing of their lawsuit against the Japanese government at the Tokyo District Court over their emigration to the Dominican Republic. They said they did not receive the rich farmland promised by the Japanese government and had to endure many hardships after moving there.

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Japanese migrants sue gov't for 2.5 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and lawyers meet the press after Japanese who emigrated to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s under a government program filed a 2.49 billion yen damages suit July 18 against the Japanese government for hardships suffered in the Caribbean country. Led by 73-year-old Kurato Kimura (2nd from L in the front row), 126 plaintiffs and their children filed the suit with the Tokyo District Court.

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Japanese migrants sue gov't for 2.5 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and lawyers meet the press after Japanese who emigrated to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s under a government program filed a 2.49 billion yen damages suit July 18 against the Japanese government for hardships suffered in the Caribbean country. Led by 73-year-old Kurato Kimura (2nd from L in the front row), 126 plaintiffs and their children filed the suit with the Tokyo District Court.

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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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Japanese emigrants to Dominican Republic stress suffering in cou

TOKYO, Japan - Kurato Kimura (2nd from L, front), who leads Japanese emigrant plaintiffs, and other plaintiffs meet reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 17 after a final hearing of their lawsuit against the Japanese government at the Tokyo District Court over their emigration to the Dominican Republic. They said they did not receive the rich farmland promised by the Japanese government and had to endure many hardships after moving there. (Kyodo)