Japan Court Denies Forced Sex Workers And Laborers Compensation Claims

Japan Court Denies Forced Sex Workers And Laborers Compensation Claims

In two landmark rulings, Japan's highest court on Friday rejected compensation claims filed by former wartime sex slaves and forced laborers from China but acknowledged that they had been coerced by the Japanese military or industry.

The decisions were handed down as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried to head off a resolution on Japan's wartime sex slavery in the House of Representatives during a two-day visit to Washington.

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