An executive at Mitsubishi Materials (Shanghai) Corp on Tuesday accepted a document requesting compensation of 370 million yuan ($60.2 million) for forced laborers used by Japan during World War II.

"The executive promised to keep and hand over the document to Mitsubishi's headquarters in Japan after half an hour's dispute, with the presence of some Chinese and Japanese media," said Kang Jian, a lawyer for the alliance groups representing forced laborers who worked for Mitsubishi Materials in Japan during the war.

A spokesman for Mitsubishi Materials' Shanghai office told China Daily that the executive is from Japan but declined to reveal his title or more details.