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Article

10 Jul 2004

Author:
Asahi Shimbun

Chinese wartime laborers win in landmark [Japanese] high court ruling

...the Hiroshima High Court overturned a district court decision and awarded 27.5 million yen to a group of Chinese brought to Japan in World War II and forced to work under brutal conditions...The court ruled that Tokyo-based Nishimatsu Construction Co. had forced the Chinese to work...under unhealthy and dangerous conditions without sufficient food. According to the ruling, the company also failed to ensure workers' safety.

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