A district court in Seoul dismissed the case on the 11th in a trial in which a Korean bereaved family who claimed to have worked in a coal mine over "recruitment" during the Pacific War sought damages from a major Japanese metal maker. I did.
The case was filed in 2017 by a Korean bereaved family who allegedly worked at a coal mine in Nagasaki Prefecture during the Pacific War, seeking damages from Mitsubishi Materials.
The Seoul Central District Court ruled on the 11th that the Supreme Court ruled that "individual claims have not been extinguished" in 2012, but the period during which the claims can be exercised has expired when the proceedings are filed. He dismissed the plaintiff's proceedings.
In a trial over "recruitment," the South Korean Supreme Court ordered Japanese companies to compensate in 2018, while the district court in Seoul ruled in June to dismiss claims against 16 Japanese companies. ..
The Japanese government said that the issue of "recruitment" had been resolved based on the 1965 Japan-Korea Claims Agreement, and that the decision ordering compensation for Japanese companies was a violation of international law, and asked the Korean government to correct the violation. I am.