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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Supporters of plaintiffs hold up banners in front of the Osaka District Court on Feb. 25, 2011, declaring victory in their case after the court ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine of 11 plaintiffs who sought compensation over side-effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa.

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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Shimizu (R), a plaintiff who demanded compensation over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2011, together with Akio Chikazawa, a plaintiff in a similar suit filed in Tokyo. The Osaka District Court the same day ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine out of 11 plaintiffs, including Shimizu.

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Court urges compromise settlement in hepatitis damages suit

SAPPORO, Japan - A lawyer holds up a banner in front of the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on March 12, 2010, after the court urged plaintiffs and the government to reach a compromise settlement in a damages suit involving hepatitis B virus infection caused by the reuse of hypodermic needles in group vaccinations. Among 10 similar suits filed with nine other district courts across Japan, the Sapporo court was the first to urge parties to reach a compromise settlement.

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Court rejects suit against collective enshrinement at Yasukuni

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuken Sugawara (L), who heads the group of plaintiffs in a Yasukuni Shrine-related lawsuit, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Feb. 26 after a court ruling. The Osaka District Court turned down the lawsuit by nine relatives that called for the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo to stop enshrining 11 servicemen and civilian employees of the former imperial Japanese forces.

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High court certifies 9 as A-bomb illness sufferers

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs rejoice at a press conference after the Osaka High Court on May 30 certified nine people as sufferers of illnesses from radiation as a result of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The court declared illegal the government's decisions not to grant certification to them. The ruling represents the eighth straight loss for the central government in a series of court battles over the government certification of the victims of atomic bomb diseases.

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infections

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoko Kuwata (L) and Seiko Takeda, plaintiffs in a damages suit, hold a press conference after the Osaka District Court ruled on June 21 that the state and drugmakers were responsible for nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. The ordered them to pay a total 256 million yen in damages.

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infections

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Osaka District Court on June 21 before the court ordered the state and drugmakers to pay a total 256 million yen in damages to nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products.

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High court rejects claims by Chinese over war sufferings

TOKYO, Japan - Jing Lanzhi (seated at center) gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 19, accompanied by her lawyers and supporters, 83, after the Tokyo High Court rejected compensation claims filed by her and nine other Chinese war victims against the Japanese government. The court upheld a lower court decision that individuals do not have the right to seek damages directly from a foreign government. The 10 plaintiffs will appeal the decision, their lawyers said.

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Murderer ordered to pay 160 mil. yen in compensation

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Akihisa Matsuo (L) and Noboru Nagafuji (C), two of nine plaintiffs, and their lawyer Shoji Tagawa (R) talk to reporters in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 1 after the Yamaguchi District Court's Shimonoseki branch ordered convicted murderer Yasuaki Uwabe to pay a total of around 160 million yen in compensation to the families of people he killed in a stabbing spree and others injured in the 1999 incident.

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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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Murderer ordered to pay 160 mil. yen in compensation

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Akihisa Matsuo (L) and Noboru Nagafuji (C), two of nine plaintiffs, and their lawyer Shoji Tagawa (R) talk to reporters in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 1 after the Yamaguchi District Court's Shimonoseki branch ordered convicted murderer Yasuaki Uwabe to pay a total of around 160 million yen in compensation to the families of people he killed in a stabbing spree and others injured in the 1999 incident. (Kyodo)

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infecti

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Osaka District Court on June 21 before the court ordered the state and drugmakers to pay a total 256 million yen in damages to nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. (Kyodo)

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infecti

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoko Kuwata (L) and Seiko Takeda, plaintiffs in a damages suit, hold a press conference after the Osaka District Court ruled on June 21 that the state and drugmakers were responsible for nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. The ordered them to pay a total 256 million yen in damages. (Kyodo)

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High court certifies 9 as A-bomb illness sufferers

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs rejoice at a press conference after the Osaka High Court on May 30 certified nine people as sufferers of illnesses from radiation as a result of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The court declared illegal the government's decisions not to grant certification to them. The ruling represents the eighth straight loss for the central government in a series of court battles over the government certification of the victims of atomic bomb diseases. (Kyodo)

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High court rejects claims by Chinese over war sufferings

TOKYO, Japan - Jing Lanzhi (seated at center) gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 19, accompanied by her lawyers and supporters, 83, after the Tokyo High Court rejected compensation claims filed by her and nine other Chinese war victims against the Japanese government. The court upheld a lower court decision that individuals do not have the right to seek damages directly from a foreign government. The 10 plaintiffs will appeal the decision, their lawyers said. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects suit against collective enshrinement at Yasukuni

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuken Sugawara (L), who heads the group of plaintiffs in a Yasukuni Shrine-related lawsuit, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Feb. 26 after a court ruling. The Osaka District Court turned down the lawsuit by nine relatives that called for the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo to stop enshrining 11 servicemen and civilian employees of the former imperial Japanese forces. (Kyodo)

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Court urges compromise settlement in hepatitis damages suit

SAPPORO, Japan - A lawyer holds up a banner in front of the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on March 12, 2010, after the court urged plaintiffs and the government to reach a compromise settlement in a damages suit involving hepatitis B virus infection caused by the reuse of hypodermic needles in group vaccinations. Among nine similar suits filed with nine other district courts across Japan, the Sapporo court was the first to urge parties to reach a compromise settlement. (Kyodo)

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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Shimizu (R), a plaintiff who demanded compensation over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2011, together with Akio Chikazawa, a plaintiff in a similar suit filed in Tokyo. The Osaka District Court the same day ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine out of 11 plaintiffs, including Shimizu. (Kyodo)

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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Supporters of plaintiffs hold up banners in front of the Osaka District Court on Feb. 25, 2011, declaring victory in their case after the court ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine of 11 plaintiffs who sought compensation over side-effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa. (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.