Japan

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS T<0 DISMISS AND GRANTING - IN PART NISSAN NORTH AMERICA’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

INTRODUCTION

In this putative class action for personal injury and crimes against humanity, during the Second World War, six of twenty defendants move to dismiss all claims against them. One defendant also moves for summary judgment. Plaintiffs seek leave to file a second amended complaint, following a prior order granting another. defendant’s motion to dismiss. To the extent stated *1143 below, defendants’ motions to dismiss are Granted. The motion for summary judgment is Granted in part.

STATEMENT

Plaintiffs He Nam You and Kyung Soon Kim are residents and citizens of the Republic of Korea. Plaintiffs allege that they were abducted by the Japanese' government during the Second World War, forced into servitude, and exploited as sex slaves for the benefit of Japanese soldiers at “comfort stations” in Japan.

Plaintiffs bring claims against five overlapping categories of defendants, which they refer to as “wartime defendants,” “corporation defendants,” “headquarter defendants,” “subsidiary defendants,” and “individual defendants.” Defendants Mitsubishi…