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Gov't accepts ruling to help A-bomb survivors abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks at a news conference on a government decision Dec. 18 not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean atomic-bomb survivor who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea.

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Kwak hails government decision

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 after the government decided not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to him. Kwak, who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea, called the decision ''historical.''

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Gov't set to decide not to appeal A-bomb survivor case

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 17 about the Japanese government's decision not to appeal a Dec. 5 high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak, who now lives in South Korea. It was the first ruling by a high court recognizing that someone holding an A-bomb survivor's health card who lives abroad is eligible to receive the allowances on the same terms as those living in Japan.

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(2)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon (R), 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, smiles at a news conference Dec. 5 after the Osaka High Court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad.

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(1)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, walks into the Osaka High Court on Dec. 5. The court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. It is the first high court ruling to recognize that atomic-bomb survivors or ''hibakusha'' living abroad are eligible to receive the allowance based on the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law on the same terms as those living in Japan.

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Korean A-bomb survivor asks gov't not to appeal ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun (2nd from R), 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima who won what could be a landmark suit for overseas survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in 1945, asks Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama (L) not to appeal the ruling. The Osaka District Court on June 1 ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay compensation to Kwak for cutting off his medical allowance after he left Japan for home.

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Osaka court orders redress for Korean A-bomb survivor

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun, 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, bows in thanks to his supporters June 1 after the Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay some 170,000 yen to him in compensation for stopping his medical allowances after he left Japan for home.

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Gov't set to decide not to appeal A-bomb survivor case

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 17 about the Japanese government's decision not to appeal a Dec. 5 high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak, who now lives in South Korea. It was the first ruling by a high court recognizing that someone holding an A-bomb survivor's health card who lives abroad is eligible to receive the allowances on the same terms as those living in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Kwak hails government decision

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 after the government decided not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to him. Kwak, who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea, called the decision ''historical.'' (Kyodo)

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Gov't accepts ruling to help A-bomb survivors abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks at a news conference on a government decision Dec. 18 not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean atomic-bomb survivor who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea. (Kyodo)

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(2)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon (R), 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, smiles at a news conference Dec. 5 after the Osaka High Court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. (Kyodo)

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(1)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, walks into the Osaka High Court on Dec. 5. The court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. It is the first high court ruling to recognize that atomic-bomb survivors or ''hibakusha'' living abroad are eligible to receive the allowance based on the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law on the same terms as those living in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Osaka court orders redress for Korean A-bomb survivor

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun, 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, bows in thanks to his supporters June 1 after the Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay some 170,000 yen to him in compensation for stopping his medical allowances after he left Japan for home.