Memory and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific


Japanese Court Rejects Wartime Compensations for Chinese Victims
April 28, 2007, 4:14 pm
Filed under: China-Japan, Comfort Women, Compensation Issues, Japan

Japan Court Rules Against Sex Slaves and Laborers, New York Times, April 28, 2007

China raps Japan court ruling on war suit, China Daily, April 28, 2007

Japanese Court Rejects Laborers’ Claims, The Guardian, April 27, 2007

China WW2 forced laborers lose Japan court battle, The Boston Globe, April 26, 2007

Judiciary ducks tough decision on war crime reparations, The Asahi Shimbun, April 28, 2007

Ruling bars Chinese wartime victimsAsahi Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, April 28, 2007

War compensation denied/ Top court bars individual Chinese from making claims, Daily Yomiuri, April 28, 2007

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Weekly Update: March 22
March 23, 2007, 1:05 am
Filed under: China-Japan, Compensation Issues, Japan, Japan-Korea

Japan Insists Otherwise, but Victims Can’t Enjoy the Past, Chosun Ilbo, March 15, 2007

The “history war” in Northeast Asia, Salon.com, March 14 2007

Wartime Chinese laborers take fight for compensation to Japan’s highest court, March 16 2007

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More on Japan’s Denial on Comfort Women

Soldier confirms wartime sex slavery, The Japan Times, March 4

S. Korea to adopt textbooks that criticize historical claims by Japan and China, Yonhap News, March 6

Korea’s Conflicts with China, Japan to be Covered in Textbooks, Chosun Ilbo, March 7

China accuses Japan of ducking responsibility over WWII ’comfort women’, Boston Herald, March 6

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Korean Victims of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb
February 7, 2007, 11:12 pm
Filed under: Compensation Issues, Japan-Korea, Korea

Korean court rejects claim against Mitsubishi by A-bomb victims, The Hankyoreh, February 3, 2007

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Compensation issue
December 25, 2006, 9:37 pm
Filed under: China-Japan, Compensation Issues

Lawyer helps former slaves, Shanghai Daily, December 25, 2006

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More on the Compensation Issue
November 15, 2006, 2:36 am
Filed under: China-Japan, Compensation Issues

Wartime Chinese Laborers Sue Japan, New York Times, November 15, 2006

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Issues on China-Japan Relations
November 9, 2006, 8:00 pm
Filed under: China-Japan, Compensation Issues

China pledges to cement relations with Japan, China Daily, November 8, 2006

Wartime slaves plan museum, Shanghai Daily, November 8, 2006

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Forced Labor Lawsuit
October 31, 2006, 9:43 pm
Filed under: China-Japan, Compensation Issues

Forced Chinese laborers demand apologies, compensation, Xinhua, China View, October 31, 2006

Forced-labor suit heading to Japan, Los Angels Times, October 29, 2006

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