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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Victims, Mitsui settle fight over cadmium pollution

TOYAMA, Japan - Kunihiro Takagi (R), leader of a sufferers' group, and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. President Sadao Senda shake hands, holding documents of agreement, in Toyama, Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013. The compensation issue over one of Japan's four major pollution-caused disease cases reached a complete settlement, as sufferers of cadmium poisoning, known as "Itai-Itai Disease," and the company responsible signed an agreement on it.

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Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February 2014 in front of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court shows a group of Chinese who filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., formerly known as Mitsui Mining Co., seeking compensation and a public apology for forced labor in Japan during World War II. The court has decided to take up the lawsuit against the two Japanese companies, a plaintiff lawyer said March 18, 2014.

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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.

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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.

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Mining firms agree to pay 3.01 bil. yen to black-lung victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Mitsui Matsushima Co. and affiliate Matsushima Coal Mining Co. and 264 victims of pneumoconiosis and their relatives sign an agreement in a ceremony at a Nagasaki hotel on March 20 to settle their legal battle. The plaintiffs had demanded damages for their sufferings that resulted from labor at the colliery run by the two companies.

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Mining firm, parent ordered to pay damages to black-lung victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs gather in front of the Nagasaki District Court on Dec. 13 before the court ordered Matsushima Coal Mining Co. and its parent, Mitsui Matsushima Co., to pay about 900 million yen in damages to the bereaved families of six deceased workers and 56 surviving black-lung disease victims.

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Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Taro Yamaho (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of the ailing mining firm. The consortium, which includes trading house Sumitomo Corp. and Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investment Co., an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., has competed for the sponsorship with U.S. investment fund WL Ross & Co.

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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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(2)IRCJ decides to bail out Mitsui Mining

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Shuji Nishino (L) and his aides bow at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) decided to bail out the company under its rescue program.

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(1)IRCJ decides to bail out Mitsui Mining

TOKYO, Japan - Shinjiro Takagi, chairman of the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan's (IRCJ) industrial revitalization panel, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1. He said JRCJ has decided to bail out struggling Mitsui Mining Co. under its rescue program.

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(2)Two Mitsui firms, miners sign settlement document

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shuji Nishino (L), president of Mitsui Mining Co., and Toshihiko Jo, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, shake hands after signing a settlement document in Fukuoaka on Aug. 1. Two Mitsui group mining firms agreed to pay 8.1 billion in compensation to 465 plaintiff for causing a lung disease.

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(1)Two Mitsui firms, miners sign settlement document

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shuji Nishino (L), president of Mitsui Mining Co., and Toshihiko Jo, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, sign a settlement document in Fukuoka on Aug. 1, in which two Mitsui group mining companies agreed to pay 8.1 billion in compensation to them for causing a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of inorganic particles.

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5 workers die refurbishing Okayama copper refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows a copper refinery in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, of a Mining & Smelting Co. affiliate, where five workers died July 25 after they were buried under bricks while refurbishing a converter. Mitsui Mining & Smelting said the accident occurred when the cylindrical steel-covered converter, one of three at the site, collapsed.

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(2)Court awards 165 mil. yen to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Wukui (L) and Du Zhongren (C) clap hands with their supporters outside the Fukuoka District Court on April 26 after the court ordered Mitsui Mining Co. to pay 165 million yen in compensation to 15 Chinese men, including the two, who were forced to work in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II.

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(1)Court awards 165 mil. yen to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - As Zhang Wukui (L) reads a memo, Du Zhongren (C) shakes hands with one of his supporters outside the Fukuoka District Court on April 26. The court later ordered Mitsui Mining Co. to pay 165 million yen in compensation to 15 Chinese men, including the two, who were forced to work in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II.

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Former coal miners file suit over lung disease

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former coal miners enter the Nagasaki District Court on March 4 to file a lawsuit against Matsushima Coal Mining Co. and its parent firm Mitsui Matsushima Co., both based in Fukuoka. They are seeking compensation for a lung disease.

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Mitsui Mining ordered to pay in black lung suit

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former miners and their relatives express delight Dec. 18 in front of the Fukuoka District Court after the court ordered Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsui Coal Mining Co. to pay them 1.59 billion yen in compensation. Plaintiffs claimed the miners contracted black lung disease from working in a Mitsui coal mine in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Court orders state to compensate coal miners for disease

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs in a suit demanding that the state and coal mine companies pay compensation for former miners who contracted lung disease caused by dust inhalation enter the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka on July 19 holding pictures of their deceased family members. The court ordered the state and the three companies -- Mitsui Mining Co., Nittetsu Mining Co., and Mitsui Coal Mining Co. -- to pay them some 1.91 billion yen in compensation.

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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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Mitsui Mining ordered to pay in black lung suit

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former miners and their relatives express delight Dec. 18 in front of the Fukuoka District Court after the court ordered Mitsui Mining Co. and Mitsui Coal Mining Co. to pay them 1.59 billion yen in compensation. Plaintiffs claimed the miners contracted black lung disease from working in a Mitsui coal mine in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Taro Yamaho speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of the ailing mining firm. The consortium, which includes trading house Sumitomo Corp. and Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investment Co., an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., has competed for the sponsorship with U.S. investment fund WL Ross & Co. (Kyodo)

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We won the case - Itai-itai disease judgment

The plaintiffs won a total victory in the case of cadmium dripping at the Kamioka Mining Plant of Mitsui Mining Co. An interview with a woman at the Kamioka River in the Etchu Plain, the plaintiffs sharing their joy after the verdict, a large amount of waste liquid containing cadmium, Mitsui Kinzoku appealing the verdict, and a meeting between Mitsui Kinzoku and the plaintiffs. A meeting between Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. and the plaintiffs, *Filming date unknown, release date: July 9, 1971.

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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)

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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)

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Mining firms agree to pay 3.01 bil. yen to black-lung victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Mitsui Matsushima Co. and affiliate Matsushima Coal Mining Co. and 264 victims of pneumoconiosis and their relatives sign an agreement in a ceremony at a Nagasaki hotel on March 20 to settle their legal battle. The plaintiffs had demanded damages for their sufferings that resulted from labor at the colliery run by the two companies. (Kyodo)

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Mining firm, parent ordered to pay damages to black-lung victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs gather in front of the Nagasaki District Court on Dec. 13 before the court ordered Matsushima Coal Mining Co. and its parent, Mitsui Matsushima Co., to pay about 900 million yen in damages to the bereaved families of six deceased workers and 56 surviving black-lung disease victims. (Kyodo)

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Former coal miners file suit over lung disease

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former coal miners enter the Nagasaki District Court on March 4 to file a lawsuit against Matsushima Coal Mining Co. and its parent firm Mitsui Matsushima Co., both based in Fukuoka. They are seeking compensation for a lung disease.

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(1)Two Mitsui firms, miners sign settlement document

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shuji Nishino (L), president of Mitsui Mining Co., and Toshihiko Jo, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, sign a settlement document in Fukuoka on Aug. 1, in which two Mitsui group mining companies agreed to pay 8.1 billion in compensation to them for causing a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of inorganic particles. (Kyodo)

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(2)Two Mitsui firms, miners sign settlement document

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shuji Nishino (L), president of Mitsui Mining Co., and Toshihiko Jo, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, shake hands after signing a settlement document in Fukuoaka on Aug. 1. Two Mitsui group mining firms agreed to pay 8.1 billion in compensation to 465 plaintiff for causing a lung disease. (Kyodo)

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(2)Court awards 165 mil. yen to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Wukui (L) and Du Zhongren (C) clap hands with their supporters outside the Fukuoka District Court on April 26 after the court ordered Mitsui Mining Co. to pay 165 million yen in compensation to 15 Chinese men, including the two, who were forced to work in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II.

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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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(2)IRCJ decides to bail out Mitsui Mining

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Shuji Nishino (L) and his aides bow at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) decided to bail out the company under its rescue program. (Kyodo)

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(1)IRCJ decides to bail out Mitsui Mining

TOKYO, Japan - Shinjiro Takagi, chairman of the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan's (IRCJ) industrial revitalization panel, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1. He said JRCJ has decided to bail out struggling Mitsui Mining Co. under its rescue program. (Kyodo)

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5 workers die refurbishing Okayama copper refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows a copper refinery in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, of a Mining & Smelting Co. affiliate, where five workers died July 25 after they were buried under bricks while refurbishing a converter. Mitsui Mining & Smelting said the accident occurred when the cylindrical steel-covered converter, one of three at the site, collapsed.

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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.