Gov't panel discusses support for overseas A-bomb victims

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi addresses a meeting of a government panel convened August 1 to discuss support measures for A-bomb victims living overseas and the issue of revising the current Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law. Sakaguchi requested at the meeting that panel members, who expressed support for equal treatment for overseas victims, reach a conclusion by the end of the year.

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