Gov't to pay medical costs for Ibaraki poison gas victims

Gov't to pay medical costs for Ibaraki poison gas victims

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Shunichi Suzuki, at a news conference June 4 in Tokyo, announces an aid package for residents of Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, for their illnesses believed caused by poison gas abandoned by the Japanese military after World War II. (Kyodo)

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