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<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&rsquo;s Mitsubishi Corporation have apologized for the company&rsquo;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 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