Black Lung Disease
Black lung disease, also known as anthracosis or coal workers' pneumoconiosis, is a chronic, fibrotic lung disease of coal miners. It is caused by inhaling coal dust which ...
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The Tokushima District Court ordered Wednesday the state to pay
a total of 57.2 million yen in damages to 26 people who contracted
pneumoconiosis through state-ordered tunnel construction pro...
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The Fukuoka District Court on Wednesday ordered the state and a
mining company to pay a total of some 400 million yen in compensation
to 37 former coal miners who contracted black lung diseas...
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The Matsuyama District Court ordered the state Friday to pay a
total of 35.2 million yen to 16 of the 22 former construction workers
who were seeking damages for contracting pneumoconiosis in...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
PROTECTION OF TUNNEL WORKERS (The Japan Times, an
English-language daily)
A group of former tunnel-construction workers who contracte...
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Former tunnel construction workers stricken by lung disease
after working on state-ordered projects reached a settlement Thursday
with the state at courts in Fukuoka Prefecture and Hokkaido, ...
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(EDS: UPDATING WITH ABE REMARKS IN 4TH GRAF)
The government and former tunnel construction workers who are
suffering from lung disease as a result of working on state-ordered
projects are ex...
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(EDS: UPDATING WITH DETAILS)
The government and former tunnel construction workers suffering
from lung disease due to working on state-ordered projects are
expected to settle damages suits t...
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The Japanese government agreed to a negotiated settlement with hundreds of former tunnel workers who contracted lung disease while working on state-ordered projects, news reports said Monday.Health...
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State eyes settling damages suits by ex-tunnel workers over disease
TOKYO - The government and former tunnel construction workers
suffering from lung disease due to working on st...
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Black Lung Disease
State loses damages suit over lung disease for 4th time
