Japanese Court Rejects Chemical Weapons Lawsuit
The Tokyo High Court has rejected a lawsuit by five Chinese citizens who say they were injured by chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese troops at the end of World War Two.
The court upheld a lower court ruling that had dismissed the suit.
The Chinese were seeking about 680-thousand dollars from the Japanese government for injuries and health problems they say they suffered.
Japan's military left behind hundreds of thousands of chemical weapons after its occupation of China ended in 1945.
Japan has been helping to recover the weapons for nearly a decade, but China's government says the process is too slow and that thousands of people have been injured or killed in accidents involving the chemicals.
東京高等法庭駁回了5位中國公民提出的法律訴訟。這5個人說，他們被日軍在二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束的時候遺棄在中國的化學(xué)武器所毒害。
東京高等法庭的這一裁決維持了一家下級法庭拒絕受理此案的原判。
這些中國公民基于他們所說的傷害和健康問題向日本政府索賠68萬美元。
日軍1945年結(jié)束對中國的占領(lǐng)后，把數(shù)十萬件化學(xué)武器留在了中國。
日本在過去將近10年來一直在協(xié)助中國回收那些化學(xué)武器，但是中國政府表示，這一過程過于緩慢；成千上萬的民眾已經(jīng)由于這些化學(xué)武器引發(fā)的事故而受傷甚至死亡。
The Tokyo High Court has rejected a lawsuit by five Chinese citizens who say they were injured by chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese troops at the end of World War Two.
The court upheld a lower court ruling that had dismissed the suit.
The Chinese were seeking about 680-thousand dollars from the Japanese government for injuries and health problems they say they suffered.
Japan's military left behind hundreds of thousands of chemical weapons after its occupation of China ended in 1945.
Japan has been helping to recover the weapons for nearly a decade, but China's government says the process is too slow and that thousands of people have been injured or killed in accidents involving the chemicals.
東京高等法庭駁回了5位中國公民提出的法律訴訟。這5個人說，他們被日軍在二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束的時候遺棄在中國的化學(xué)武器所毒害。
東京高等法庭的這一裁決維持了一家下級法庭拒絕受理此案的原判。
這些中國公民基于他們所說的傷害和健康問題向日本政府索賠68萬美元。
日軍1945年結(jié)束對中國的占領(lǐng)后，把數(shù)十萬件化學(xué)武器留在了中國。
日本在過去將近10年來一直在協(xié)助中國回收那些化學(xué)武器，但是中國政府表示，這一過程過于緩慢；成千上萬的民眾已經(jīng)由于這些化學(xué)武器引發(fā)的事故而受傷甚至死亡。