Reparation for War Crimes

Treaty

Japan's Sendai High Court dismissed claims of Chinese plaintiffs for damages against the Japanese Government and companies for forced labour during WWII on the ground that China has waived all claims for war reparation in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Statement. A Chinese FM spokesman said China strongly opposed the "arbitrary" interpretation by the Japanese court of the Joint Statement and called the interpretation "illegal and invalid".

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