Gov't not to appeal high court rulings on A-bomb sufferers

Gov't not to appeal high court rulings on A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10. He said the government has decided not to appeal two high court rulings that backed A-bomb survivors seeking government recognition of their radiation-related illnesses stemming from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Kyodo)

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