Hwang, Geum Joo v. Japan

GINSBURG, Chief Judge.

We again review the district court’s dismissal of the appellants’ complaint alleging Japanese soldiers “routinely raped, tortured ... [and] mutilated” them, along with thousands of other women, in occupied countries before and during World War II. Hwang Geum Joo v. Japan, 332 F.3d 679, 681 (D.C.Cir.2003). The case returns to us now on remand from the Supreme Court. Having had the benefit of further briefing and argument, we affirm the judgment of the district court on the ground that the case presents a non-justiciable political question, namely, whether the governments…