[O]n October 23, the Nishimatsu Construction Company reached an agreement…to set up a trust fund for Chinese who had been forced into labor in Japan during World War II…worth ¥250 million…Under the terms of the summary settlement, Nishimatsu acknowledged that these Chinese workers were forcibly brought to Japan and apologized for their suffering.This outcome was both overdue and unexpected, particularly since Japan's Supreme Court in 2007 rejected the original lawsuit that five Chinese plaintiffs brought against the construction company in 1998. Nishimatsu officials maintain that they want to set a new precedent for "social responsibility"…