Crimes Against Humanity

Litigation involving systematic wartime sexual slavery and forced mobilization during World War II.

Reiwa 7 (Wa) 55 Damages Claim Case
  1. Reiwa 7 (Wa) 55 Damages Claim Case
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-04-16)
  3. Original Case: 令和7(ワ)55 損害賠償請求事件
  4. VictimsLee Yong-sooKim Bok-dongDefendantsGovernment of JapanPlaintiffsLee Yong-sooBereaved family of Kim Bok-dongInstitutionsTokyo District CourtGovernment of Japan
  5. Case Tags: Crimes Against Humanity;State Immunity;Historical Reconciliation;Japan-Korea Relations
The Retrial Request Case (Comfort Women Compensation Retrial)
  1. The Retrial Request Case (Comfort Women Compensation Retrial)
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-12 (Supreme Court ruling on the retrial request filed on 2026-02-03))
  3. Original Case: 再審請求事件 (재심청구 사건)
  4. Key Figures: Lee Yong-soo and five other surviving Korean "comfort women" (Retrial Applicants); The State of Japan (Respondent)
  5. Case Tags: Sexual Slavery;War Crimes;Crimes Against Humanity;State Immunity
Damages Claim Appeal (Korean Forced Laborers v. Japan)
  1. Damages Claim Appeal (Korean Forced Laborers v. Japan)
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-20)
  3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求控訴事件 (Songai Baishō Seikyū Kōso Jiken)
  4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: South Korean forced labor survivors and bereaved families; Defendants: Japanese Government and Nippon Steel Corporation
  5. Case Tags: State Immunity;Forced Labor;Crimes Against Humanity;War Reparations