High court orders benefit payments for A-bomb survivors in Brazil

High court orders benefit payments for A-bomb survivors in Brazil

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kazuyuki Tamura (R), one of supporters of three Japanese atomic-bomb survivors in Brazil, beams at a press conference on Feb. 8 after the Hiroshima High Court ordered the Hiroshima prefectural government to pay the three healthcare benefits it had declined to give citing legal restrictions on retroactive payments.

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