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S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

Plaintiffs in damages suits involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II celebrate in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2024, after South Korea's Supreme Court rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to them.

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S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

Plaintiffs in damages suits involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II celebrate in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2024, after South Korea's Supreme Court rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to them.

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Korean plaintiffs in wartime labor suit

Plaintiffs in a damages suit involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II are seen in front of South Korea's Supreme Court in Seoul ahead of a ruling on the case on Jan. 25, 2024.

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S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firms

Plaintiffs and others celebrate in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court upheld decisions by lower courts ordering Japanese companies Hitachi Zosen Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay the plaintiffs damages over wartime labor.

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[Breaking News]Korea court upholds wartime labor damages order for Japan firms

SEOUL, Dec. 21 Kyodo - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decisions by lower courts ordering two Japanese firms, Nippon Steel Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., to pay damages to South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule.

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Korean plaintiffs in wartime labor suit

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 29 Kyodo - Plaintiffs in a damages suit involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II are seen ahead of their visit to South Korea's Supreme Court in Seoul to hear a ruling on the case on Nov.29, 2018.

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Chinese seek damages for wartime forced labor in Japan

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A group of Chinese people go to the High People's Court of Hebei Province in Shijiazhuang on April 2, 2014, to file a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. seeking compensation for forced labor in Japan during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese war.

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Chinese prepare to seek damages for forced labor in Japan

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A group of Chinese people observe a moment of silence at a park in Shijiazhuang on April 2, 2014, before going to the High People's Court of Hebei Province in the city to file a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp., seeking compensation for forced labor in Japan during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese war. On the far right is a South Korean bereaved relative holding a photo of a deceased former forced laborer from his country.

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High court dismisses suit by Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs who brought suit against Japan and two Japanese companies over wartime forced labor of Chinese head to the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka Prefecture on March 9. The court dismissed the damages suit filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II.

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (L) bows before the representatives of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Michiko Yamaguchi, leader of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

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Gov't rejects uniform compensation for all hepatitis C sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe bites his lip during a press conference on Dec. 20 after his ministry rejected a proposal from hepatitis C sufferers that the government pay compensation uniformly to all people who contracted the disease through tainted blood products to settle a long-standing damages lawsuit out of court.

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JAL cabin attendants file damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - About 190 current and former cabin attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. and their labor union representatives head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a damages suit against the company and its largest labor union, claiming the defendants collected their personal information, including medical records, familial status and physical descriptions, without their consent.

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Court urges gov't to settle suits with hepatitis C patients

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 7 after the Osaka High Court called on the government and drug makers to reach a negotiated settlement of damages lawsuits filed by people infected with hepatitis-C through tainted blood products.

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Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors.

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High court turns down appeal from Chinese WWII forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Tokyo High Court on June 16 before the court rejected a damages suit filed by 42 Chinese nationals against the Japanese government and 10 corporations for having forcibly brought them to Japan and forced them to perform unpaid labor 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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(3)Court rejects suit by Korean WWII forced laborers

NAGOYA, Japan - One of the South Korean women, who sued Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japanese government over their forced labor during World War II, wipes away tears during a news conference Feb. 24 in Nagoya after the Nagoya District Court rejected their damages suit.

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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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(2)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Zhang Wenbin, one of 12 Chinese who filed a lawsuits to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, speaks to reporters in Niigata on March 26 after the Niigata District Court ordered the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to pay 88 million yen in damages.

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war.

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Court rejects WWII forced labor suit by 43 Chinese

SAPPORO, Japan - Zhao Zongren, a Chinese national, speaks to reporters in front of the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido on March 23 after the court rejected an 860 million yen damages suit against the Japanese government and six companies filed by 43 Chinese nationals, including Zhao, who were forced to work at coal mines and construction sites in Hokkaido during World War II. The court said state reparation does not apply to cases occurring before the 1947 creation of the State Redress Law.

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Health minister meets with CJD plaintiffs

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) meet with plaintiffs in lawsuits filed by patients and bereaved families of victims of the fatal Creutsfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) at his ministry Jan. 15. Standing to address Sakaguchi is Sanichi Tani, 52, who heads the suit filed with the Otsu District Court. The plaintiffs are seeking a total of around 3 billion yen in damages in two suits that are pending at the Otsu and Tokyo district courts.

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Sakaguchi says state aims at early settlement of CJD suits

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi tells reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 22 that the government will try to reach an early settlement in two damages suits over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) contracted from transplants of infected dura mater. The Tokyo and Otsu district courts delivered opinions earlier this month which held the government partly responsible for 28 people in Japan contracting the brain-wasting disease.

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Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

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NKK to compensate Korean forced laborer for assault

Kim Kyung Suk (R) wipes away tears at a news conference in Tokyo on April 6, after NKK Corp., a Tokyo-based steelmaker, agreed to pay 4.1 million yen in a court-mediated settlement to the 72-year-old South Korean, who was suspended from a ceiling and beaten at a company plant after being forcibly taken to Japan for compulsory labor during World War II. Kim had demanded 10 million yen in damages and an apology from the company.

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Sakaguchi says state aims at early settlement of CJD suits

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi tells reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 22 that the government will try to reach an early settlement in two damages suits over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) contracted from transplants of infected dura mater. The Tokyo and Otsu district courts delivered opinions earlier this month which held the government partly responsible for 28 people in Japan contracting the brain-wasting disease.

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Health minister meets with CJD plaintiffs

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) meet with plaintiffs in lawsuits filed by patients and bereaved families of victims of the fatal Creutsfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) at his ministry Jan. 15. Standing to address Sakaguchi is Sanichi Tani, 52, who heads the suit filed with the Otsu District Court. The plaintiffs are seeking a total of around 3 billion yen in damages in two suits that are pending at the Otsu and Tokyo district courts.

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(3)Court rejects suit by Korean WWII forced laborers

NAGOYA, Japan - One of the South Korean women, who sued Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japanese government over their forced labor during World War II, wipes away tears during a news conference Feb. 24 in Nagoya after the Nagoya District Court rejected their damages suit. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Materials concludes settlement covering over 3,700 Chinese

In this file photo taken in April 2014 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, northern China, two survivors (far L and 2nd from L, front row) of forced labor in coalmines and construction sites in Japan during World War II, and relatives of other victims, gather at a park before submitting documents to a court to file damages suit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun, a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, attends a press conference in Osaka on June 26, 2015, after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court together with other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun (2nd from L on front row), a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, attends a press conference in Osaka on June 26, 2015, after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court together with other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun (2nd from L on front row), a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, heads to the Osaka District Court on June 26, 2015, as he joined a lawsuit filed by other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun, a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, heads to the Osaka District Court on June 26, 2015, as he joined a lawsuit filed by other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Korean plaintiffs in wartime labor suit

Plaintiffs in a damages suit involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II are seen ahead of their visit to South Korea's Supreme Court in Seoul to hear a ruling on the case on Nov.29, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court turns down appeal from Chinese WWII forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Tokyo High Court on June 16 before the court rejected a damages suit filed by 42 Chinese nationals against the Japanese government and 10 corporations for having forcibly brought them to Japan and forced them to perform unpaid labor during World War II. (Kyodo)

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High court dismisses suit by Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs who brought suit against Japan and two Japanese companies over wartime forced labor of Chinese head to the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka Prefecture on March 9. The court dismissed the damages suit filed by 45 Chinese who were forced to work as laborers in Japan 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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Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 5

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors. (Kyodo)

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Gov't rejects uniform compensation for all hepatitis C sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe bites his lip during a press conference on Dec. 20 after his ministry rejected a proposal from hepatitis C sufferers that the government pay compensation uniformly to all people who contracted the disease through tainted blood products to settle a long-standing damages lawsuit out of court. (Kyodo)

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Court urges gov't to settle suits with hepatitis C patients

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 7 after the Osaka High Court called on the government and drug makers to reach a negotiated settlement of damages lawsuits filed by people infected with hepatitis-C through tainted blood products. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (L) bows before the representatives of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Michiko Yamaguchi, leader of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding. (Kyodo)

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JAL cabin attendants file damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - About 190 current and former cabin attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. and their labor union representatives head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a damages suit against the company and its largest labor union, claiming the defendants collected their personal information, including medical records, familial status and physical descriptions, without their consent. (Kyodo)

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Japan's health minister apologizes over workers' asbestos diseases

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura apologizes to plaintiffs in Tokyo on May 18, 2021, a day after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of them in four suits seeking damages from the state over diseases contracted by construction workers following exposure to asbestos.

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(2)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Zhang Wenbin, one of 12 Chinese who filed a lawsuits to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, speaks to reporters in Niigata on March 26 after the Niigata District Court ordered the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to pay 88 million yen in damages. (Kyodo)

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war. (Kyodo)

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Wartime labor suit filed in S. Korea

Lawyers and civic group members hold a press conference in Gwangju, South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2020, after 33 plaintiffs filed a damages lawsuit against six Japanese companies over wartime labor compensation to the city's district court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wartime labor suit filed in S. Korea

Lawyers and civic group members hold a press conference in Gwangju, South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2020, after 33 plaintiffs filed a damages lawsuit against six Japanese companies over wartime labor compensation to the city's district court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo