Taiwan man applies for A-bomb survivor's certificate

Taiwan man applies for A-bomb survivor's certificate

CHIAYI, Taiwan - Wang Wen-chi, 90, speaks to Kyodo News at his home in Chiayi, southwestern Taiwan, on Feb. 10 about surviving the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 in World War II. Wang has applied for a Japanese atomic bomb survivor's certificate that will entitle him to receive health allowances, following a revision of a Japanese law that enables such survivors living abroad to file applications without visiting Japan.

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