Chinese plaintiffs and their supporters protest in front of the Tokyo High Court yesterday after it overturned a landmark ruling by a district court that had ordered the Japanese government and Niigata-based Rinko Corp to compensate Chinese who were forced into labor during World War II. The high court held that the 20-year limitation on the right to compensation had expired. The lower court ruled in 2004 that the Japanese government and the harbor transport company must give eight million yen (US$68,000) to each of the 11 plaintiffs. - Xinhua