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'''Lianren Liu''' （刘连仁, 1913 - Sept 2, 2000) was a man from [[Gaomi]], [[Shandong|Shandong Province]] in China who was a war slave in Japan during [[World War II]]. |
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Lianren Liu （刘连仁, 1913 - sept 2, 2000），as one of many Chinese young men， was kidnaped from his hometown （Gaomi, Shandong Province）and sent to Japan to work as a slave labor during the world war II Japanese invasion of China. In July 1945, Liu escaped from a Hokkaido coal mine (Meiji Mining Company) and then lived in the mountains for 13 years before found in February 1958 by locals. After being found and realized the war is over, Liu requested and being sent back to China. Later, Liu and his family sued the Japanese government for compensation (the Meiji Mining Company no longer existed, Liu could not bring suit against it). However, the Japanese government claimed that Liu had no proof of forced transport or forced labor<ref>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/24/national/escaped-slaves-kin-lose-redress-award-in-appeal/#.XFu-qS3MwWo</ref>. |
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Liu was sent to Japan to work as a slave labor after the Japanese invasion of China during World War II. In July 1945, Liu escaped from a [[Hokkaido]] coal mine (Meiji Mining Company) and then lived in the mountains for 13 years before found by locals in February 1958. After being found he realized the war is over and requested his return to China. |
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In March 1996 Liu and his family sued the Japanese government for compensation as the Meiji Mining Company no longer existed. In a 2001 ruling, the Tokyo District Court upheld his suit in the first instance and ordered the Japanese government to compensate him for approximately US$ 160,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.people.cn/200107/13/eng20010713_74860.html|title=Japan Ordered to Pay Family of Forced Laborer Liu Lianren|website=en.people.cn|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> |
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The Japanese government filed an appeal which overturned the previous ruling, citing there is no provision for compensation under international and pre-war Japanese law.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Webster|first=Timothy|date=March 2006|title=Sisyphus in a Coal Mine: Responses to Slave Labor |
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in Japan and the United States|url=https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3026&context=clr|journal=Cornell Law Review|volume=91|pages=750-751|via=}}</ref> The Japanese government claimed that Liu had no proof of forced transport or forced labor.<ref>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/24/national/escaped-slaves-kin-lose-redress-award-in-appeal/#.XFu-qS3MwWo</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:49, 8 February 2019
Lianren Liu （刘连仁, 1913 - Sept 2, 2000) was a man from Gaomi, Shandong Province in China who was a war slave in Japan during World War II.
Liu was sent to Japan to work as a slave labor after the Japanese invasion of China during World War II. In July 1945, Liu escaped from a Hokkaido coal mine (Meiji Mining Company) and then lived in the mountains for 13 years before found by locals in February 1958. After being found he realized the war is over and requested his return to China.
In March 1996 Liu and his family sued the Japanese government for compensation as the Meiji Mining Company no longer existed. In a 2001 ruling, the Tokyo District Court upheld his suit in the first instance and ordered the Japanese government to compensate him for approximately US$ 160,000.[1]
The Japanese government filed an appeal which overturned the previous ruling, citing there is no provision for compensation under international and pre-war Japanese law.[2] The Japanese government claimed that Liu had no proof of forced transport or forced labor.[3]
References
- ^ "Japan Ordered to Pay Family of Forced Laborer Liu Lianren". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ Webster, Timothy (March 2006). "Sisyphus in a Coal Mine: Responses to Slave Labor in Japan and the United States". Cornell Law Review. 91: 750–751.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|title=at position 50 (help) - ^ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/24/national/escaped-slaves-kin-lose-redress-award-in-appeal/#.XFu-qS3MwWo