Gov't set to decide not to appeal A-bomb survivor case

Gov't set to decide not to appeal A-bomb survivor case

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 17 about the Japanese government's decision not to appeal a Dec. 5 high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak, who now lives in South Korea. It was the first ruling by a high court recognizing that someone holding an A-bomb survivor's health card who lives abroad is eligible to receive the allowances on the same terms as those living in Japan.

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