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National › Supreme Court rules in favor of NHK in sex slave dispute

The Supreme Court on Thursday overruled a high court decision that had ordered public broadcaster NHK and two TV production companies to pay 2 million… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Jun 12 2008

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