The Nagoya District Court turned down a damages suit Thursday filed by a group of war-displaced Japanese who claimed the Tokyo government failed to swiftly bring them from China after the end of World War II and provide adequate support after they arrived.
Rejecting the suit brought by 168 people who sought 33 million yen each, presiding Judge Nobuaki Watanabe said, "Although there were insufficiencies in the state policy to realize the early (resettlement) of the plaintiffs and their independent life, it cannot be said the policy was extremely irrational."
Thursday's decision was the fifth in a list of 15 lawsuits filed by about 2,200 war-displaced people. All of the rulings but one so far have been in the government's favor.