1.   Jemison said the agency applies the same rules to evaluating Gulf War claims as other wartime claims.

2.   But the ruling received widespread attention because it appeared to refute claims by the Japanese government that postwar treaties had settled all wartime claims.

3.   Japan has contended that all wartime claims were settled in treaties after the war.

4.   Japan has persistently refused to pay individual compensation to former sex slaves and other victims of war, arguing that postwar treaties settled all wartime claims.

5.   Japan has contended that all wartime claims were settled in postwar peace treaties.

6.   Japan has refused to compensate the former sex slaves, maintaining that postwar treaties settled all wartime claims.

7.   The claim is one of numerous U.S. court actions involving wartime reparations claims.

8.   The government has persistently refused to pay individual redress to former sex slaves and other victims of the war, saying that postwar treaties settled all wartime claims.

9.   The government has contended, however, that all wartime claims were settled in its postwar peace treaties.

10.   The Japanese government has refused to directly compensate the women, saying all wartime claims were settled through postwar treaties.