Japan court upholds compensation denial for Korean WWII slave laborers
Japan's Nagoya High Court Thursday upheld a district court's denial of compensation to a group of seven South Korean women who were former slave laborers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s aircraft factories during World War II, finding...
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) has issued a report criticizing Japan's justice system on a wide range of issues at the conclusion of its 38th Session . The committee expressed concern that Japan...
Japan high court denies compensation claims by WWII slave laborers
The Supreme Court of Japan denied compensation claims made by five Chinese wartime slave laborers Friday, ruling that companies that utilized Chinese individuals were not obligated to provide compensation because the 1972 Joint Communique of the Government of Japan...
Japan Supreme Court denies compensation to Chinese 'comfort women'
The Supreme Court of Japan affirmed a Tokyo High Court decision Friday denying government compensation to two Chinese women who were forced to work as "comfort women" , because the 1972...
Japan accepts post-WWII war crimes tribunal findings on 'comfort women'
The government of Japan said Friday in two statements that it accepted the 1948 rulings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that found Japanese soldiers had...
Japan PM denies government urged shrine to honor war criminals
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied Thursday that the Japanese government had pressured a Shinto shrine to honor war criminals after the National Diet Library released documents suggesting that the government was deeply...
France court overturns conviction of railway for WWII deportations
A French appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of French state railway company SNCF for the deportation of two Jewish men during World War II. An administrative court in Toulouse convicted ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his sympathy and apologized Monday for the "situation" faced by so-called Korean and Chinese "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery during World War...
The Miyazaki District Court in Japan dismissed a lawsuit Monday by a group of Chinese men who claim they were forced to work as slave laborers during World War II because the 20-year deadline for filing...
Japan government says no evidence of forced sexual slavery during WWII
The Japanese government has found no evidence that so-called Korean and Chinese "comfort women" were forced into sexual slavery during World War II, according to a cabinet statement provided to a Japanese lawmaker Friday....
