December 15, 2015
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.
December 09, 2015
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.
December 02, 2015
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.
November 05, 2015
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.
November 03, 2015
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.
July 14, 2015
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.