History of Case
The Hiroshima District Court rejected the suit in March 1999. The Hiroshima High Court reversed the district court's ruling on January 19, 2005, and ordered the government to pay a total of ¥48 million in damages to the Plaintiffs. The 40 plaintiffs worked as forced laborers at a machinery works run by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing.
Read more about this topic: SCOJ 2005 No.1977
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