Japan can't overlook ex-U.S. soldiers hit by 2011 nuclear disaster: Koizumi

Japan can't overlook ex-U.S. soldiers hit by 2011 nuclear disaster: Koizumi

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) attends a press conference in Carlsbad, California, on May 17, 2016, with former U.S. soldiers who have sued Tokyo Electric Power Co. for damage to their health caused by the nuclear crisis at the company's Fukushima Daiichi plant. Koizumi said it is impossible to overlook those Americans who developed serious illnesses after engaging in relief operations for the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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