Title: Japanese Company Apologizes for Using US Soldiers as Slave Laborers

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/japan_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Japanese Company Apologizes for Using US Soldiers as Slave Laborers' data-article-id='636'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13938'>Officials from Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation have apologized for the company’s use of American prisoners of war as slave laborers during World War II.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='13938' data-end-time='28646'>Company official Hikaru Kimura apologized to 94-year-old former prisoner James Murphy during a public ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles, California. </span> <span data-start-time='28646' data-end-time='34458'>Earlier, he apologized to Mr. Murphy privately.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='34458' data-end-time='48000'>James Murphy was one of about 900 prisoners of war who were forced to work in company-owned mines and industrial centers during the war. </span> <span data-start-time='48000' data-end-time='54708'>He said he and others had waited 70 years for the apology.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='54708' data-end-time='64875'>About 12,000 American prisoners of war were used as slave laborers by the Japanese government and private companies. </span> <span data-start-time='64875' data-end-time='68292'>Thousands of them died. </span> <span data-start-time='68292' data-end-time='75292'>The Japanese government has apologized for using the Americans as forced laborers. </span> <span data-start-time='75292' data-end-time='82771'>The apology by Mitsubishi is the first ever by a Japanese company.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/japan_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3428 data-hint-location='28646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/what_does_apologize_mean.m4a'>What does apologize mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to express regret or sorrow'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/to_express_regret_or_sorrow.m4a'><span>to express regret or sorrow</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/accidentally.m4a'><span>accidentally</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/an_agreement.m4a'><span>an agreement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/ties_between_nations.m4a'><span>ties between nations</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3429 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/during_which_war_did_japan_use_prisoners_of_war_as_slaves.m4a'>During which war did Japan use prisoners of war as slaves?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='World War II'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/the_korean_war.m4a'><span>the Korean War</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/world_war_ii.m4a'><span>World War II</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/the_vietnam_war.m4a'><span>the Vietnam War</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/world_war_i.m4a'><span>World War I</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3430 data-hint-location='54708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/prisoners_of_war_were_used_as__blank__laborers_by_the_japanese_government.m4a'>Prisoners of war were used as <span class='blank'>slave</span> laborers by the Japanese government.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='slave'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/military.m4a'><span>military</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/voluntary.m4a'><span>voluntary</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/paid.m4a'><span>paid</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/319/slave.m4a'><span>slave</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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Officials from Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation have apologized for the company’s use of American prisoners of war as slave laborers during World War II.

Company official Hikaru Kimura apologized to 94-year-old former prisoner James Murphy during a public ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles, California. Earlier, he apologized to Mr. Murphy privately.

James Murphy was one of about 900 prisoners of war who were forced to work in company-owned mines and industrial centers during the war. He said he and others had waited 70 years for the apology.

About 12,000 American prisoners of war were used as slave laborers by the Japanese government and private companies. Thousands of them died. The Japanese government has apologized for using the Americans as forced laborers. The apology by Mitsubishi is the first ever by a Japanese company.

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