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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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Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co.

Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co. =Date:November 29, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co.

Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co. =Date:November 29, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng, one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu Construction Co. agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers.

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng (L), one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, shakes hands with a lawyer representing Nishimatsu Construction Co. during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers.

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Nishimatsu Construction head to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Nishimatsu Construction Co. President Tadashi Ishibashi, who will step down over a political fund scandal involving the top secretary to opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa, apologizes for the scandal at a news conference in Tokyo on May 15.

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LDP lawmaker Nikai faces new political donations scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions from reporters at the ministry building on March 26. Sources said a company linked to Nishimatsu Construction Co., at the center of a widening political scandal, leased an office and provided dubious donations to Nikai.

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Nikai says he has no recollection of Nishimatsu donations

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 9. He told the session he has no recollection of receiving donations from the scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma responds to questions at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 9. Uruma said his remarks last week on a Nishimatsu Construction Co.-linked fundraising scandal were misdirected when he was quoted by the media as an unidentified ''senior government official.''

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Prosecutors target suspicious donations to LDP lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 6. Prosecutors are planning to investigate whether accountants of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, including Nikai, were aware of the illegality of donations from two political organizations related to Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Ozawa political group alleged to have received illegal donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter a building in Tokyo on March 3 which houses an office of a political group of Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, to investigate the group on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Ozawa political group alleged to have received illegal donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter a building in Tokyo on March 3 which houses an office of a political group of Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, to investigate the group on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Nishimatsu slush fund may have been given to person close to Nagano gov.

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai (C) is surrounded by reporters at the Nagano prefectural hall on Feb. 26. Investigative sources said that part of a 70 million slush fund alleged to have been illegally brought into Japan by a former Nishimatsu Construction Co. official may have been provided to a person close to the Nagano governor.

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Prosecutors arrest 4 in Nishimatsu Construction scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 14 shows the headquarters of Nishimatsu Construction Co. in Tokyo's Toranomon district. A former vice president of the company and three others were arrested the same day in connection with a case involving a former Nishimatsu official who allegedly embezzled about 100 million yen.

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(1)Court awards damages to Chinese in wartime forced-labor case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A supporter of a group of Chinese plaintiffs holds a banner reading ''suit won'' after the Hiroshima High Court awarded damages in full on July 9 to the group who said they were forced to work in severe conditions at a construction site in Hiroshima Prefecture during World War II. The high court overturned a July 2002 lower court ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Shao Yicheng, 78, and four other plaintiffs four years earlier against Nishimatsu Construction Co., a construction firm based in Tokyo.

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(2)Court awards damages to Chinese in wartime forced-labor case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs, accompanied by their lawyers and supporters, walk into the Hiroshima High Court on July 9 to hear a ruling on their damages suit. The high court awarded damages in full by overturning a July 2002 lower court ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Shao Yicheng, 78, and four other plaintiffs four years earlier against Nishimatsu Construction Co., a construction firm based in Tokyo.

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Hiroshima court rejects forced labor suit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lu Xuewen from China's Shandong Province, a former forced laborer who sued Nishimatsu Construction Co. to seek compensation, speaks at a rally in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on July 9 after the Hiroshima District Court rejected the lawsuit. Lu and four other Chinese demanded a total of 27.5 million yen in compensation from Nishimatsu, claiming they were forcibly brought to Japan during World War II and made to work in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

HONG KONG, China July 7 - Kaoru Kurusu, 71, a witness to wartime abuse against Chinese forced laborers, calls for protesters in Hong Kong on July 7 to join in a campaign to demand Nishimatsu Construction Co. apologize and compensate 360 Chinese forced laborers who were exploited and maltreated by the Japanese company in Hiroshima in 1944.

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Nishimatsu slush fund may have been given to person close to Naga

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai (C) is surrounded by reporters at the Nagano prefectural hall on Feb. 26. Investigative sources said that part of a 70 million slush fund alleged to have been illegally brought into Japan by a former Nishimatsu Construction Co. official may have been provided to a person close to the Nagano governor. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa political group alleged to have received illegal donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter a building in Tokyo on March 3 which houses an office of a political group of Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, to investigate the group on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa political group alleged to have received illegal donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter a building in Tokyo on March 3 which houses an office of a political group of Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, to investigate the group on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors target suspicious donations to LDP lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 6. Prosecutors are planning to investigate whether accountants of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, including Nikai, were aware of the illegality of donations from two political organizations related to Nishimatsu Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Nikai says he has no recollection of Nishimatsu donations

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 9. He told the session he has no recollection of receiving donations from the scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma responds to questions at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 9. Uruma said his remarks last week on a Nishimatsu Construction Co.-linked fundraising scandal were misdirected when he was quoted by the media as an unidentified ''senior government official.'' (Kyodo)

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LDP lawmaker Nikai faces new political donations scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions from reporters at the ministry building on March 26. Sources said a company linked to Nishimatsu Construction Co., at the center of a widening political scandal, leased an office and provided dubious donations to Nikai. (Kyodo)

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Nishimatsu Construction head to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Nishimatsu Construction Co. President Tadashi Ishibashi, who will step down over a political fund scandal involving the top secretary to opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa, apologizes for the scandal at a news conference in Tokyo on May 15. (Kyodo)

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Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

HONG KONG, China July 7 - Kaoru Kurusu, 71, a witness to wartime abuse against Chinese forced laborers, calls for protesters in Hong Kong on July 7 to join in a campaign to demand Nishimatsu Construction Co. apologize and compensate 360 Chinese forced laborers who were exploited and maltreated by the Japanese company in Hiroshima in 1944.

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Ex-Nishimatsu head pleads guilty in funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Kunisawa, former president of Nishimatsu Construction Co., walks to the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo June 19 to attend the first hearing of his trial. Kunisawa pleaded guilty to criminal charges over a funds scandal that led to the resignation of opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa in May. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leader Ozawa's secy arrested for getting illegal donations

MORIOKA, Japan - Takanori Okubo (in file photo), a state-funded secretary of Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa, was arrested March 3 on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co. as chief accountant of Ozawa's political fund management body. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leader Ozawa's treasurer arrested over illegal donations

SAPPORO, Japan - This photo taken in October 2003 shows Ichiro Ozawa (R), who currently heads the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Takanori Okubo, a key treasurer of Ozawa's political fund management body, on a stumping stop in Ozawa's home prefecture of Iwate. Okubo was arrested March 3 over his alleged involvement in illegal corporate donations to the body by scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors arrest 4 in Nishimatsu Construction scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 14 shows the headquarters of Nishimatsu Construction Co. in Tokyo's Toranomon district. A former vice president of the company and three others were arrested the same day in connection with a case involving a former Nishimatsu official who allegedly embezzled about 100 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng, one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu Construction Co. agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers. (Kyodo)

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng (L), one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, shakes hands with a lawyer representing Nishimatsu Construction Co. during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers. (Kyodo)

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(2)Court awards damages to Chinese in wartime forced-labor case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs, accompanied by their lawyers and supporters, walk into the Hiroshima High Court on July 9 to hear a ruling on their damages suit. The high court awarded damages in full by overturning a July 2002 lower court ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Shao Yicheng, 78, and four other plaintiffs four years earlier against Nishimatsu Construction Co., a construction firm based in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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(1)Court awards damages to Chinese in wartime forced-labor case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A supporter of a group of Chinese plaintiffs holds a banner reading ''suit won'' after the Hiroshima High Court awarded damages in full on July 9 to the group who said they were forced to work in severe conditions at a construction site in Hiroshima Prefecture during World War II. The high court overturned a July 2002 lower court ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Shao Yicheng, 78, and four other plaintiffs four years earlier against Nishimatsu Construction Co., a construction firm based in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima court rejects forced labor suit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lu Xuewen from China's Shandong Province, a former forced laborer who sued Nishimatsu Construction Co. to seek compensation, speaks at a rally in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on July 9 after the Hiroshima District Court rejected the lawsuit. Lu and four other Chinese demanded a total of 27.5 million yen in compensation from Nishimatsu, claiming they were forcibly brought to Japan during World War II and made to work in Hiroshima Prefecture.