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You et al v. Japan et al
Case Number:
3:15-cv-03257
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Ad Astra Law Group
- Gibson Dunn
- Jones Day
- Morgan Lewis
- Nixon Peabody
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Winston & Strawn
Companies
- Hitachi Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Corp.
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
- Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
- Toyota Motor Corp.
Sectors & Industries:
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December 15, 2015
Nissan, Toyota Escape WWII Sex Slavery Suit
A California federal judge on Monday freed U.S. subsidiaries of Toyota, Nissan and four other Japanese corporations of claims that they helped the Japanese government force Korean women into sex slavery during World War II, concluding that a treaty between Korea and Japan bars the litigation.
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December 09, 2015
Nissan, Hitachi Say WWII Sex Slavery Claims Long Expired
Nissan and Hitachi on Tuesday joined Nippon Steel in a fight against claims that they helped the Japanese government force Korean women into sex slavery during World War II, with both arguing the suit is time-barred being based on events that occurred some 70 years ago.
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December 02, 2015
Treaties Don't Bar Japan 'Comfort Women' Suit, Court Told
Two South Korean women defended their putative class action alleging Japan, aided by several automakers and other companies, forced Korean women into sex slavery during World War II, arguing Tuesday that post-war treaties between governments do not resolve individual war crime claims.
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November 05, 2015
Nippon Unit Wants WWII Sex Slavery Allegations Nixed
A suit alleging Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal USA Inc. and several automotive companies helped the Japanese government force Korean women into sex slavery during World War II must be dismissed, the steel company told a California federal court Wednesday, claiming it didn't even exist during the war.
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November 03, 2015
Mitsui Escapes Suit Over WWII Sex Slavery Allegations
A California federal judge on Tuesday released Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. from a proposed class action alleging that it supplied trucks and ammunition to help the Japanese government force Korean women into sex slavery during World War II, saying that the suit presents a political question that can't be heard by the courts.
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July 14, 2015
Japan, Toyota, Others Sued Over WWII Sex Slavery
Two South Korean women hit the government of Japan, Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and others with a proposed class action Monday in California federal court for allegedly operating a scheme to kidnap Korean women and force them into sex slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II.