Tokyo court rejects case over N Korea repatriation program


              Plaintiffs and their supporters walk toward the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. A Tokyo court cited a statute of limitations on Wednesday in rejecting a suit filed by five people seeking North Korea's responsibility over abuses they said they suffered over decades when they were lured to the North by Pyongyang's false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth.” (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
            
              Supporters of the plaintiff hold a cloth sign that reads: "Unfair judgment", at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. A Tokyo court cited a statute of limitations on Wednesday in rejecting a suit filed by five people seeking North Korea's responsibility over abuses they said they suffered over decades when they were lured to the North by Pyongyang's false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth.” (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
            
              Supporters of the plaintiff hold a cloth sign that reads: "Unfair judgment", at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. A Tokyo court cited a statute of limitations on Wednesday in rejecting a suit filed by five people seeking North Korea's responsibility over abuses they said they suffered over decades when they were lured to the North by Pyongyang's false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth.”  (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
            
              Plaintiff Eiko Kawasaki, center, and their supporters walk toward the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. A Tokyo court cited a statute of limitations on Wednesday in rejecting a suit filed by five people seeking North Korea's responsibility over abuses they said they suffered over decades when they were lured to the North by Pyongyang's false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth.” (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Tokyo court rejects case over N Korea repatriation program