Ukishima Maru

The Ukishima Maru was a Navire of transport of the marine Japanese woman. It was originally built like a Paquebot in March 1937. During the Second world war, it was useful like man-of-war after having received a heavy armament. Its displacement was of 4.731 tons.

The incident Ukishima Maru

The August 22nd 1945, the Ukishima Maru transported 4.000 to 5.000 Korean forced workers of a military installation of the Préfecture of Aomori, in direction of the Korean port of Busan. The August 24th, the ship entered the port of Maizuru, where it exploded and ran, killing 524 Koreans and 25 Japanese who were on board.

The Korean point of view

The Koreans, those of the South Korea and also those of the North Korea, regarded this incident as a War crime deliberated made by the Empire on Japan.

A film North-Korean, Sara-in Ryonghongdul (meaning “alive hearts literally”, titrated Drunk Protest in English, “Protest of the hearts” in French) was carried out in 2001, illustrating this point of view.

80 South-Koreans, survivors and parents of the victims of this incident, started legal proceedings against the Japanese government, claiming in compensation approximately 8 billion Yen S, of the official excuses and that the remainders of the victims are kept in a sanctuary in Japan. In 2005, a South-Korean, being presented in the form of a survivor of the incident, declared in a media of current events based on Internet (http://www.ohmynews.co.kr) that little before the explosion, the majority of the soldiers and officers Japanese left the ship and that the explosives were hidden inside the hull.

The court order of the Japanese court

The court of the District of Kyoto ordered, the August 27th 2001, at the Japanese government to pay 45 million Yen S in the 15 South-Koreans, who were survivors and with the parents of the victims of this incident. The court judged that the Japanese government had failed in its duty to transport passengers in full safety, a legal relation established between the government and the passengers of this time.

The court rejected, in addition, the complaints of the civil left requiring official excuses and the return to the country the remainders of the victims.

The court rejected also the complaints of 65 Plaignant S on the fact that their degree of relation with the victims could not be established.

See too

References (in English)

  • http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2001_August_27/ai_78570508
  • http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/165th_issue/2001072515.htm
  • http://ww6.enjoy.ne.jp/~iwashige/ukishimamaru.htm

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