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PM Kan apologizes over hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) apologizes to Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Hepatitis B sufferers to accept court proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs suffering from hepatitis B, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011. The plaintiffs decided the same day to accept a court-proposed settlement plan for lawsuits against the government on condition that the state offers an apology and blanket compensation.

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PM Kan apologizes over hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) apologizes to Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988. (Kyodo)

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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988. (Kyodo)

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Hepatitis B sufferers to accept court proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs suffering from hepatitis B, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011. The plaintiffs decided the same day to accept a court-proposed settlement plan for lawsuits against the government on condition that the state offers an apology and blanket compensation. (Kyodo)