Eighty-five Koreans and their bereaved families claiming that they were "forced to work" on the issue of "recruitment" during the Pacific War are seeking compensation from 16 Japanese companies in Seoul from the 28th. Started in the Central District Court of Japan.

The trial was filed in May 2015, with 85 Koreans and their bereaved families claiming to have been forced to work in Japanese factories during the war, one out of every 16 Japanese companies. We asked for compensation of 100 million won per person, about 10 million yen in Japanese yen.



Regarding this trial, in March, the Seoul Central District Court took the procedure of "public notice delivery", which considers that the related documents have been published on the homepage for a certain period of time and arrived at the Japanese side, and then the Japanese company side will respond to the trial. Is shown.



This is the first time that a class action proceeding against a large number of Japanese companies has been held at once on the issue of "recruitment".



At the trial on the 28th, a lawyer of a Japanese company pointed out that there was an error in the company's notation and address in the documents prepared by the plaintiff, and demanded that further hearing be necessary to confirm the facts.



On the other hand, the presiding judge said on June 10 that the Supreme Court of South Korea had already issued a ruling ordering Japanese companies to compensate for the issue of "recruitment" and that many issues had been sorted out. I decided to hand down the judgment.



On the issue of "recruitment," the plaintiffs in another trial are in the process of selling and "monetizing" the assets of Japanese companies, and the Japanese government has asked the Korean government to correct the situation of violation of international law. I am.