Gov't not to appeal A-bomb suit loss at Tokyo High Court

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (L) met with representatives of plaintiffs suing the state to seek certification as sufferers from atomic bomb-related illnesses at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 9. Earlier in the day, Masuzoe said the government will not appeal a Tokyo High Court ruling ordering the state to certify 29 of 30 plaintiffs as suffering from illness caused by radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. (Kyodo)

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