Court rules against Chinese laborers
From Times Wire Reports
Chinese slave laborers forced to work in Japan during World War II lost their bid for compensation when Japan’s Supreme Court overturned a landmark ruling that had ordered a Japanese company to pay them.
In 2004, the Hiroshima High Court ordered Nishimatsu Construction Co. to pay a total of $230,000 to five Chinese. Nishimatsu argued that the statute of limitations had expired.
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