Family members of Koreans forcibly conscripted by Japan during World War II have filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of the names of the deceased from a controversial Japanese shrine that honors war criminals, civic groups said Tuesday. Ten bereaved family members of Korean soldiers and civilian employees filed the suit earlier in the day with the Seoul Central District Court, seeking the removal of the names from Yasukuni Shrine, the Center for Historical Truth and Justice and an affiliated civic group said at a press conference. They are also seeking damages totaling 880 million won ($593,700) from the Japanese government and the entity that manages the shrine. It is the first time that a lawsuit on the cancellation of enshrinement at Yasukuni Shrine has been filed in a South Korean court. Yasukuni Shrine, located in central Tokyo, honors some 2.46 million Japanese war dead, including 14 Class A criminals convicted by the Allies in international tribunals for their roles in World War II. Many Koreans were forcibly mobilized for the Imperial Japanese Army during that time as Korea was un