Ex-fishermen file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Ex-fishermen file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Plaintiffs head to the Kochi District Court in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi on May 9, 2016, to file a damages suit in connection with the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The former fishermen operating in the surrounding ocean area at that time claimed they could not seek compensation from the United States as the Japanese government declined to disclose records of their exposure to radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-fishermen to file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Ex-fishermen to file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Plaintiffs meet in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi on May 9, 2016, before filing a damages suit in connection with the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The former fishermen operating in the surrounding ocean area at that time claimed they could not seek compensation from the United States as the Japanese government declined to disclose records of their exposure to radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-fishermen file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Ex-fishermen file suit over Bikini Atoll hydrogen tests

Plaintiffs head to the Kochi District Court in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi on May 9, 2016, to file a damages suit in connection with the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The former fishermen operating in the surrounding ocean area at that time claimed they could not seek compensation from the United States as the Japanese government declined to disclose records of their exposure to radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court rejects suit by ex-fishermen over Bikini Atoll H-bomb tests

Court rejects suit by ex-fishermen over Bikini Atoll H-bomb tests

Plaintiffs suing the state in connection with the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific head to the Kochi District Court in western Japan on July 20, 2018, to hear its ruling. The court rejected their damages claim that authorities had hidden key information about the nuclear tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo