Over sixty years after the end of the Second World War, a Japanese company has paid out compensation to Chinese wartime forced-laborers. This is the first time any payment has been made in such a case.
The historic payment was made by the Japanese Nishimatsu Construction Co. to five surviving Chinese former forced laborers.
The events that led up to this week's historic event go back over six decades.
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