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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement.

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5 found guilty over 2001 Kabukicho fire that killed 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Suiko Nakamura (far R) and fellow plaintiffs speak at a news conference in Tokyo on July 2 after the Tokyo District Court gave five individuals suspended prison terms for professional negligence in connection with a fire that claimed 44 lives in a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district in 2001, and acquitted the sixth defendant.

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Kin of Battle of Okinawa victims sue Yasukuni over enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - Kozen Kawabata (2nd from L), the head of a group of plaintiffs who have launched a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine, speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 19. The five families of 10 civilians and soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa and at other places during World War II have filed a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine seeking to delist their relatives from those worshipped at the shrine.

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6 Vietnamese sue Toyota subcontractor over working conditions

NAGOYA, Japan - A Vietnamese woman sobs at a news conference in Nagoya on March 27 after she and five other Vietnamese trainees filed a lawsuit claiming that a Toyota Motor Corp. subcontractor and others violated their human rights were violated in many ways while working as so-called trainees from 2003 and part of their wages remain unpaid. The plaintiffs' lawyers said the six, who came to Japan under a Japanese government-sponsored training program, hope to let the Japanese public know the reality of the labor conditions they experienced by filing the suit with the Nagoya District Court.

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NTT ordered to pay damages to workers who refused to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Plaintiffs praise a ruling handed down by the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on Sept. 29. The court ordered Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. to pay a combined 3 million yen in damages to five employees in Hokkaido who were relocated against their will after refusing to retire under the telephone giant's massive restructuring program in 2002.

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State ordered to compensate virus-hit patients via vaccination

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs shows off a ''victory'' banner in front of the Supreme Court on June 16 after the court ordered the government to pay a total of 27.5 million yen, or 5.5 million yen each, to a group of five plaintiffs who or whose relative contracted the hepatitis B virus in their childhood through then-mandatory vaccinations against diseases.

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(3)Court rejects forced labor suits by Chinese

KYOTO, Japan - Liu Zonggen, 72, one of five Chinese plaintiffs, throws up his fist in anger at a news conference Jan. 15 after the Kyoto rejected their suit seeking compensation from a major steelmaker and the central government for forcibly bringing them to Japan and making them work in nickel mines in Kyoto Prefecture during World War II.

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Chinese seek compensation from Japanese companies in U.S.

BEIJING, China - Plaintiffs in a suit filed in a Los Angeles court demanding compensation from the Mitsui and Mitsubishi group companies talk to reporters Aug. 23 at a hotel in Beijing. A total of nine plaintiffs, five Chinese nationals and four Chinese Americans, are seeking compensation on behalf of all Chinese forced to work in Japanese factories and mines during World War II. The suit is the first time Chinese nationals living in China have sued Japanese companies in connection with the alleged forced labor.

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(3)Court rejects forced labor suits by Chinese

KYOTO, Japan - Liu Zonggen, 72, one of five Chinese plaintiffs, throws up his fist in anger at a news conference Jan. 15 after the Kyoto rejected their suit seeking compensation from a major steelmaker and the central government for forcibly bringing them to Japan and making them work in nickel mines in Kyoto Prefecture during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Top court to see if Civil Code constitutional on surnames

Freelance writer Emi Kayama (L), one of five plaintiffs arguing that a Civil Code article forcing married couples to choose a single surname is unconstitutional, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2015, as the Supreme Court decides its grand bench will examine the case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NTT ordered to pay damages to workers who refused to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Plaintiffs praise a ruling handed down by the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on Sept. 29. The court ordered Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. to pay a combined 3 million yen in damages to five employees in Hokkaido who were relocated against their will after refusing to retire under the telephone giant's massive restructuring program in 2002. (Kyodo)

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5 found guilty over 2001 Kabukicho fire that killed 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Suiko Nakamura (far R) and fellow plaintiffs speak at a news conference in Tokyo on July 2 after the Tokyo District Court gave five individuals suspended prison terms for professional negligence in connection with a fire that claimed 44 lives in a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district in 2001, and acquitted the sixth defendant. (Kyodo)

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State ordered to compensate virus-hit patients via vaccination

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs shows off a ''victory'' banner in front of the Supreme Court on June 16 after the court ordered the government to pay a total of 27.5 million yen, or 5.5 million yen each, to a group of five plaintiffs who or whose relative contracted the hepatitis B virus in their childhood through then-mandatory vaccinations against diseases. (Kyodo)

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6 Vietnamese sue Toyota subcontractor over working conditions

NAGOYA, Japan - A Vietnamese woman sobs at a news conference in Nagoya on March 27 after she and five other Vietnamese trainees filed a lawsuit claiming that a Toyota Motor Corp. subcontractor and others violated their human rights were violated in many ways while working as so-called trainees from 2003 and part of their wages remain unpaid. The plaintiffs' lawyers said the six, who came to Japan under a Japanese government-sponsored training program, hope to let the Japanese public know the reality of the labor conditions they experienced by filing the suit with the Nagoya District Court. (Kyodo)

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Kin of Battle of Okinawa victims sue Yasukuni over enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - Kozen Kawabata (2nd from L), the head of a group of plaintiffs who have launched a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine, speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 19. The five families of 10 civilians and soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa and at other places during World War II have filed a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine seeking to delist their relatives from those worshipped at the shrine. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement. (Kyodo)

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(4)Court rejects forced labor suits by Chinese

KYOTO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the nickel mine at Oeyama, Kyoto Prefecture, where five Chinese plaintiffs say they were forced to work after being forcibly brought to Japan during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Chinese seek compensation from Japanese companies in U.S.

BEIJING, China - Plaintiffs in a suit filed in a Los Angeles court demanding compensation from the Mitsui and Mitsubishi group companies talk to reporters Aug. 23 at a hotel in Beijing. A total of nine plaintiffs, five Chinese nationals and four Chinese Americans, are seeking compensation on behalf of all Chinese forced to work in Japanese factories and mines during World War II. The suit is the first time Chinese nationals living in China have sued Japanese companies in connection with the alleged forced labor.