Top court denies state's responsibility to pay A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Masahito Hirose (2nd from R) and the eldest son of Lee Kang Young (R) speak to supporters in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on June 13 after the court rejected claims by atomic bomb survivors Hirose and Lee that the central government should pay medical allowances to them for the periods they were not in Japan.

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