South Korean court to rule on war survivors' claim against Japanese firm

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top court is due to rule on Tuesday on a damages lawsuit against a Japanese company filed by South Koreans forced into labour during Japan's 1910-45 occupation, a decision that could unsettle ties between the uneasy neighbours. Japan and South Korea share a bitter history that includes Japan's 35-year occupation of the peninsula and the use of comfort women, Japan's euphemism for women - many of them Korean - forced to work in its wartime brothels. Four former labourers initiated a suit in 2005 against Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., seeking compensation and unpaid wages

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