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A-bomb victims' claims rejected A Hiroshima District Court ruling Aug. 4 said that the government has wrongfully denied 41 Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors recognition as sufferers of radiation sickness, but rejected the plaintiffs' demands for damages. The 41 plaintiffs demanded ¥3 million each in damages for being denied the benefits provided to survivors recognized as radiation sufferers. As of March 2006, the government recognized about 260,000 survivors of the bombings, according to a Health Ministry official. However, only 2,280 people are recognized as sufferers of radiation disease. Masako Kudo, of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers' Organizations, which supported the suit, said the ruling did not mean the plaintiffs would be eligible for expanded benefits. A total of 183 people have filed lawsuits against the government seeking official recognition as radiation disease sufferers, according to the confederation.
The Japan Times Weekly: Aug. 12, 2006 |
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