Japanese Critics File Suit on DeploymentAssociated Press / Monday, February 23, 2004 ---TOKYOCritics of Japan's deployment of troops in Iraq filed suit against the government Monday, saying it violates the nation's pacifist constitution.... filed in Nagoya in central Japan, the 1,262 plaintiffs demand an end to the mission and nearly $100 each in compensation for mental suffering caused by the deployment, which they said violates their constitutional rights to live in peace....
