FILE PHOTO: Lawyers and activists hold photos of South Korean plaintiffs who were forced to work for a Japanese firm during World War Two as they visit Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp's headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo November 12, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking compensation for South Koreans forced to work for Japanese firms during World War Two on Monday demanded Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp honour a South Korean court ruling that has strained ties between the two countries.
Last month, South Korea's top court ruled that Nippon Steel must pay four steel workers 100 million won (68,434 pounds) each for their forced labour during the war, a decision Japan has denounced as "unthinkable."
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