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HWANG GEUM JOO v. JAPAN

No. Civ.A. 00-02233(HHK).

172 F.Supp.2d 52 (2001)

HWANG GEUM JOO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JAPAN, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael David Hausfeld, Elizabeth Haines Cronise, Cohen, Millstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.C., Washington, DC, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., New York City, for plaintiffs.

Craig Alan Hoover, Jonatha Lynwood Abram, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.Pl., Washington, DC, for Japan, defendant.

Amy Marie Allen, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for U.S., non-party.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KENNEDY, District Judge.

This case is brought by fifteen foreign women, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, who allege that they were victims of sexual slavery and torture at the hands of the Japanese military before and during World War II. The fifteen named plaintiffs allege that this conduct occurred throughout Japanese-occupied Asia, including specifically in Japan, Korea,

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