Lower house passes hepatitis relief bill

Lower house passes hepatitis relief bill

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a hepatitis C case bow in a gesture of gratitude in the gallery of the Japanese House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 8. The lower house passed a bill the same day to offer blanket relief to people with hepatitis C caused by tainted blood products, paving the way for its passage through the opposition-controlled House of Councillors for enactment into law possibly later in the week.

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