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World War II
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning war crimes committed by Japan during World War II and the liability of Japanese companies to former prisoners-of-war used by such companies as slave labor during World War II.
Introduced: September 30, 2003
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Sep 30, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Sep 30, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Calls on the Government of Japan to formally acknowledge and apologize for its World War II war crimes and for Japanese companies that used prisoners of war as slave labor during World War II to compensate those former prisoners (or their survivors) for their labor and for any brutality the companies inflicted.
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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