WORLD IN BRIEF : JAPAN : Hearing on Wartime Sex Slavery Begins
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
South Korean women began their court battle in Tokyo to obtain compensation for wartime sex slavery for the Japanese army. An attorney for the Japanese government reiterated its position rejecting compensation demands. Last year, 44 South Koreans, including nine former “comfort women,” filed suit demanding $156,000 each in compensation from Japan. Other plaintiffs included Korean men drafted into the Japanese army while Japan ran Korea as a colony from 1910-45.
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