Japanese PM Sued by Mass of Chinese, S. Korea & Japanese People

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Japanese PM Sued by Mass of Chinese, S. Korea & Japanese People

236 plaintiffs from China, South Korea and Japan filed a lawsuit Junichiro Koizumi on February 17 over the infringement of their nationality rights and violation of the Japanese constitution entailed from three consecutive homage paid to Yasukuni Shrine since August 2001, demanding an compensation of 2.36mn yen in total for psychological sufferings.

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236 plaintiffs from China, South Korea and Japan filed a lawsuit to the Osaka District Court against Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on February 17 over the infringement of their nationality rights and violation of the Japanese constitution entailed from three consecutive homage paid to Yasukuni Shrine since August 2001, demanding an compensation of 2.36mn yen in total for psychological sufferings.

Among them, 124 plaintiffs came from Taiwan (China), 111 from Japan and one From South Korea. In the war of aggression launched by Japan, many of Taiwanese and South Korean civilians were conscripted to serve in the Japanese army, and finally died in battles. After the war, their spirit-tablets were kept in Yasukuni Shrine together with those of World War II class-A war criminals. Though the Taiwanese dependants made many a demand that the tablets of their relatives be removed out of the Yasukuni Shrine, they failed.

The Taiwanese dependants held that, Junichiro Koizumi deceived the Taiwanese victims by paying homage to both criminals and victims, which infringed their nationality rights and rights of religious independence. They said they would no longer let their forefathers be stranded in Japan. The Japanese plaintiffs argued Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the shrine violated Japan's constitution.

As learned, Osaka District Court has accepted the case.

By PD Online Staff Zhu Lizhen

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