Japan to write law to expand compensation for asbestos victims

Japan to write law to expand compensation for asbestos victims

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (C) addresses a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26. The Cabinet decided that the government will write a special-measures law to provide compensation to victims of asbestos-related illnesses.

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