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Plaintiffs of Iressa cancer drug case

TOKYO, Japan - Three deceased patients' relatives who sued the Japanese government and the Japanese unit of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC, demanding compensation for the side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, walk to the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 15, 2011. The high court on the same day ruled the government and AstraZeneca K.K. are not responsible for damages, overturning a lower court ruling. The plaintiffs sought a combined 77 million yen in compensation.

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Reconciliation sought for damages suit over Minamata disease

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Unrecognized Minamata disease patients, who filed damaged suit against the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp., celebrate in front of the Kumamoto District Court in Kumamoto on Jan. 22, 2010, after the court sought reconciliation on the case. The 2,018 plaintiffs and the three defendants will discuss the amount of lump-sum and medical payments, as well as how to decide on eligible patients.

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Reconciliation sought for damages suit over Minamata disease

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Unrecognized Minamata disease patients, who filed damaged suit against the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp., celebrate in front of the Kumamoto District Court in Kumamoto on Jan. 22, 2010, after the court sought reconciliation on the case. The 2,018 plaintiffs and the three defendants will discuss the amount of lump-sum and medical payments, as well as how to decide on eligible patients.

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Reconciliation sought for damages suit over Minamata disease

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Lawyers for a group of unrecognized Minamata disease patients hold up banners showing the Kumamoto District Court's recommendation to seek reconciliation on the damages suit filed by the patients in front of the court in Kumamoto on Jan. 22, 2010. Later in the day, the 2,018 plaintiffs and the three defendants -- the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp. -- started negotiations on the amount of lump-sum and medical payments, as well as how to decide on eligible patients.

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Hiroshima court orders compensation to A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A man supporting plaintiffs over radiation-related illnesses holds up a banner showing victory in their suit in front of the Hiroshima District Court on March 18. The court ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to three people suffering from radiation-related illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima in what lawyers say is the first such ruling among similar group suits.

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Demand for damages by forced Chinese laborers turned down

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tan Yinchun (R), 87, one of three surviving plaintiffs, speaks to the press in the city of Yamagata on Feb. 12 after the Yamagata District Court turned down a 150 million yen damages suit filed by six Chinese nationals who were forcibly brought to Japan as laborers during World War II. Tan expressed anger at the decision and said he was disappointed after spending more than three years on the court battle.

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Gov't again ordered to pay damages over hepatitis C virus infection

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters express their joy on March 23 after the Tokyo District Court joined two other district courts in ordering the government to pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. Presiding Judge Atsuo Nagano, acting on a 1,353 million yen damages suit, ordered the state and three drugmakers to pay a total of 259 million yen to 13 out of the 21 plaintiffs.

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S. Korean court rejects damages suit by Korea workers

BUSAN, South Korea - Three of six South Korean plaintiffs come out of a court room after their damages suit was dismissed by the district court in Busan on Feb. 2. The Koreans who were affected by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while being forced to work as forced laborers in Japan during World War II, demanded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. pay them unpaid wages and compensation totaling 606 million won (about 78 million yen), or 101 million won to each. The court said the statute of limitations on their claims had already expired.

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Sumitomo Metal ordered to compensate for sexual discrimination

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyoko Kitagawa (R) and three other plaintiffs meets the press after the Osaka District Court ordered Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. on March 28 to pay them 63 million yen in compensation for sexual discrimination in wages and promotions.

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(3)Japanese court awards damages to Chinese forced laborers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shao Yicheng (R) and Song Jiyao (C) smile at a press conference on July 9 after the Hiroshima High Court awarded damages in full to them and three other plaintiffs who said they were forced to work in severe conditions at a construction site in Hiroshima Prefecture during World War II.

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State, drug firms deny responsibility for hepatitis infection

OSAKA, Japan - Three plaintiffs, their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on Dec. 26 to attend the first hearing on a 170 million yen damages suit over hepatitis C they contracted after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. The government and two pharmaceutical companies denied responsibility for causing their disease.

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State, 3 drug firms sued over hepatitis infection

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for 16 plaintiffs, who filed damage suits against the state and three pharmaceutical companies, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21. The plaintiffs contracted hepatitis C after being treated with tainted unheated blood products.

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Court rejects damages suit by 3 Chinese war survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Yang Baoshan, one of three Chinese plaintiffs who filed a suit seeking Japanese government compensation for a massacre by the Imperial Japanese Army in China's Liaoning Province in 1932, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 28 after their suit was rejected by the Tokyo District Court the same day. The three -- two men and a woman who were between 4 and 9 years old at the time -- claim they lost their family members and were subjected to Japanese army brutality in a suburb of the city of Fushun on Sept. 16, 1932.

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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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Japanese firm settles with 3 Koreans over forced labor

TOYAMA, Japan - South Korean women who sued machine tool maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. over their wartime forced labor speak to the media July 11 at Toyama prefectural hall after a settlement was reached with the company at the Supreme Court in Tokyo. The Toyama-based company will pay three South Koreans and their supporters between 30 to 40 million yen to settle the suit, filed in 1992. The plaintiffs comprise two women -- Lee Jong Suk, 68, and Choi Bong Nyon, 69 -- and one man -- Ko Dok Hwan, 77.

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Court rejects damages suit by 3 Chinese war survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Yang Baoshan, one of three Chinese plaintiffs who filed a suit seeking Japanese government compensation for a massacre by the Imperial Japanese Army in China's Liaoning Province in 1932, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 28 after their suit was rejected by the Tokyo District Court the same day. The three -- two men and a woman who were between 4 and 9 years old at the time -- claim they lost their family members and were subjected to Japanese army brutality in a suburb of the city of Fushun on Sept. 16, 1932.

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Sumitomo Metal ordered to compensate for sexual discrimination

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyoko Kitagawa (R) and three other plaintiffs meets the press after the Osaka District Court ordered Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. on March 28 to pay them 63 million yen in compensation for sexual discrimination in wages and promotions. (Kyodo)

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Japanese firm settles with 3 Koreans over forced labor

TOYAMA, Japan - South Korean women who sued machine tool maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. over their wartime forced labor speak to the media July 11 at Toyama prefectural hall after a settlement was reached with the company at the Supreme Court in Tokyo. The Toyama-based company will pay three South Koreans and their supporters between 30 to 40 million yen to settle the suit, filed in 1992. The plaintiffs comprise two women -- Lee Jong Suk, 68, and Choi Bong Nyon, 69 -- and one man -- Ko Dok Hwan, 77.

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3 Chinese groups, M'bishi Materials to sign reconciliation agreement

Chinese plaintiffs head to a higher court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China, in April 2014 to file a complaint over World War II forced labor. Three Chinese groups who have been negotiating compensation with Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp. over the issue said in August 2015 they will accept the company's settlement proposal covering a total of 3,765 people, indicating they will sign a reconciliation agreement soon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Japanese court awards damages to Chinese forced laborers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shao Yicheng (R) and Song Jiyao (C) smile at a press conference on July 9 after the Hiroshima High Court awarded damages in full to them and three other plaintiffs who said they were forced to work in severe conditions at a construction site in Hiroshima Prefecture during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Gov't again ordered to pay damages over hepatitis C virus infect

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters express their joy on March 23 after the Tokyo District Court joined two other district courts in ordering the government to pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. Presiding Judge Atsuo Nagano, acting on a 1,353 million yen damages suit, ordered the state and three drugmakers to pay a total of 259 million yen to 13 out of the 21 plaintiffs. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima court orders compensation to A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A man supporting plaintiffs over radiation-related illnesses holds up a banner showing victory in their suit in front of the Hiroshima District Court on March 18. The court ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to three people suffering from radiation-related illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima in what lawyers say is the first such ruling among similar group suits. (Kyodo)

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Demand for damages by forced Chinese laborers turned down

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tan Yinchun (R), 87, one of three surviving plaintiffs, speaks to the press in the city of Yamagata on Feb. 12 after the Yamagata District Court turned down a 150 million yen damages suit filed by six Chinese nationals who were forcibly brought to Japan as laborers during World War II. Tan expressed anger at the decision and said he was disappointed after spending more than three years on the court battle. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean court rejects damages suit by Korea workers

BUSAN, South Korea - Three of six South Korean plaintiffs come out of a court room after their damages suit was dismissed by the district court in Busan on Feb. 2. The Koreans who were affected by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while being forced to work as forced laborers in Japan during World War II, demanded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. pay them unpaid wages and compensation totaling 606 million won (about 78 million yen), or 101 million won to each. The court said the statute of limitations on their claims had already expired. (Kyodo)

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Reconciliation sought for damages suit over Minamata disease

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Unrecognized Minamata disease patients, who filed damaged suit against the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp., celebrate in front of the Kumamoto District Court in Kumamoto on Jan. 22, 2010, after the court sought reconciliation on the case. The 2,018 plaintiffs and the three defendants will discuss the amount of lump-sum and medical payments, as well as how to decide on eligible patients. (Kyodo)

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Reconciliation sought for damages suit over Minamata disease

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Lawyers for a group of unrecognized Minamata disease patients hold up banners showing the Kumamoto District Court's recommendation to seek reconciliation on the damages suit filed by the patients in front of the court in Kumamoto on Jan. 22, 2010. Later in the day, the 2,018 plaintiffs and the three defendants -- the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp. -- started negotiations on the amount of lump-sum and medical payments, as well as how to decide on eligible patients. (Kyodo)

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Reconciliation sought for damages suit over Minamata disease

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Unrecognized Minamata disease patients, who filed damaged suit against the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp., celebrate in front of the Kumamoto District Court in Kumamoto on Jan. 22, 2010, after the court sought reconciliation on the case. The 2,018 plaintiffs and the three defendants will discuss the amount of lump-sum and medical payments, as well as how to decide on eligible patients. (Kyodo)

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Plaintiffs of Iressa cancer drug case

TOKYO, Japan - Three deceased patients' relatives who sued the Japanese government and the Japanese unit of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC, demanding compensation for the side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, walk to the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 15, 2011. The high court on the same day ruled the government and AstraZeneca K.K. are not responsible for damages, overturning a lower court ruling. The plaintiffs sought a combined 77 million yen in compensation. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean court orders Japan firm to compensate ex-forced laborers

Kim Jae Rim (C), one of the South Korean plaintiffs in a suit against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., is pictured Aug. 11, 2017, after the Gwangju District Court ordered the Japanese company to pay Kim and three other victims of wartime forced labor a total of 470 million won (about $411,000) in compensation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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State, drug firms deny responsibility for hepatitis infection

OSAKA, Japan - Three plaintiffs, their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on Dec. 26 to attend the first hearing on a 170 million yen damages suit over hepatitis C they contracted after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. The government and two pharmaceutical companies denied responsibility for causing their disease. (Kyodo)

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State, 3 drug firms sued over hepatitis infection

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for 16 plaintiffs, who filed damage suits against the state and three pharmaceutical companies, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21. The plaintiffs contracted hepatitis C after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. (Kyodo)