Groups agree to accept Mitsubishi settlement

Wartime slave laborers unhappy with offer but take it because of their age

Three groups representing Chinese wartime slave labor said on Monday that while they are not satisfied with an offer from Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi Materials, they decided to agree to it partly because they "are at a senior age".

Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported the settlement offer last month, which stated that the company will deliver an "apology" for forcing the captured Chinese to work under slavelike conditions in Japan during World War II.