Victims of poison gas leak in China seek help from Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Victims of a 2003 poison gas leak from weapons abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army in China visited Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa on Aug. 5 to urge the Japanese government to provide them with support. Six victims from Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, including three children, and their families presented a written demand to Aisawa.

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