The Supreme Court on Friday upheld two rulings that overturned demands by two South Koreans for Japan to compensate them for injuries they sustained while serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during the war.

The decision follows a similar ruling by the nation's top court in a separate case on April 5.

At issue in all three cases was the constitutionality of a 1952 law that excludes Korean residents in Japan from entitlement to war disability pensions.