S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

GWANGJU, South Korea - Yang Gum Dok (L) reacts in Gwangju, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2013, after the Gwangju District Court ruled in favor of four Korean women, including Yang, who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each in compensation.

S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

GWANGJU, South Korea - Yang Gum Dok (R) reacts in Gwangju, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2013, after the Gwangju District Court ruled in favor of four Korean women, including Yang, who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each in compensation.

DKB, Fuji, IBJ announce joint holding company

DKB, Fuji, IBJ announce joint holding company

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Katsuyuki Sugita, president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Masao Nishimura, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), and Yoshiro Yamamoto, president of Fuji Bank, speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Aug. 20 on their agreement on a wide-ranging business alliance that would create the world's biggest banking group with some 141 trillion yen (about 1.27 trillion dollars) in combined assets.

Death toll in India's bridge collapse rises to 141

STORY: Death toll in India's bridge collapse rises to 141 DATELINE: Oct. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of accident place (Source: ANI) 3. various of of the bridge that collapsed (Source: ANI) STORYLINE: Local media reports said on Monday the death toll in a pedestrian bridge collapse in the western Indian state of Gujarat has risen to 141, while about 177 people have been rescued. Officials said rescue operations were underway throughout the night. The British-era pedestrian bridge collapsed Sunday evening, plunging hundreds of people into the Machchhu River in Morbi town about 241 km west of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. The cause of the bridge collapse was not immediately known, but local authorities suggested overcrowding as the reason. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

DKB, Fuji, IBJ announce joint holding company

DKB, Fuji, IBJ announce joint holding company

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Katsuyuki Sugita, president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Masao Nishimura, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), and Yoshiro Yamamoto, president of Fuji Bank, speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Aug. 20 on their agreement on a wide-ranging business alliance that would create the world's biggest banking group with some 141 trillion yen (about 1.27 trillion dollars) in combined assets.