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Hiroshima doctors return from N. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A medical delegation led by Shizuteru Usui (L), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, arrives at Hiroshima airport in western Japan on Oct. 16, 2011. The doctors returned home after interviewing survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who now live in North Korea.

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Hiroshima doctors return from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks to reporters at Beijing international airport in China on Oct. 15, 2011, upon arriving there from Pyongyang. A group of doctors from Hiroshima Prefecture went to North Korea to survey survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who currently reside in North Korea.

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Hiroshima doctors in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks in Pyongyang on Oct. 12, 2011. Usui stressed the need to provide support for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities who currently reside in North Korea.

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Hiroshima doctors arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui (front), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, arrives in Pyongyang via Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Usui and other member doctors of the group are scheduled to stay in North Korea until Oct. 15 to conduct medical checks for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing and were exposed to radiation in the western Japanese city.

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Hiroshima doctors arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui (L), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, is seen in Pyongyang shortly after arriving via Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Usui and other member doctors of the group are scheduled to stay in North Korea until Oct. 15 to conduct medical checks for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing and were exposed to radiation in the western Japanese city.

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Hiroshima doctors to examine A-bomb victims in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Shizuteru Usui (R), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, is pictured at Beijing airport en route to North Korea on Oct. 11, 2011. A medical delegation led by Usui plans to conduct medical checkups for North Koreans who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima doctors leave for N. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shizuteru Usui (R front), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, and other member doctors of the group are seen at Hiroshima airport on Oct. 10, 2011, shortly before departure for Beijing. They are scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang on Oct. 11 for a five-day stay to conduct medical checkups for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of 1945 atomic attack on the city and exposed to radiation.

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Hiroshima doctors return from N. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A medical delegation led by Shizuteru Usui (L), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, arrives at Hiroshima airport in western Japan on Oct. 16, 2011. The doctors returned home after interviewing survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who now live in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima doctors return from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks to reporters at Beijing international airport in China on Oct. 15, 2011, upon arriving there from Pyongyang. A group of doctors from Hiroshima Prefecture went to North Korea to survey survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who currently reside in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Horishima doctors in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks in Pyongyang on Oct. 12, 2011. Usui stressed the need to provide support for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities who currently reside in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Hiroshima doctors in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - CORRECTING HEADLINE Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks in Pyongyang on Oct. 12, 2011. Usui stressed the need to provide support for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings who currently reside in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima doctors in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks in Pyongyang on Oct. 12, 2011. Usui stressed the need to provide support for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities who currently reside in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima doctors arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui (L), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, is seen in Pyongyang shortly after arriving via Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Usui and other member doctors of the group are scheduled to stay in North Korea until Oct. 15 to conduct medical checks for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing and were exposed to radiation in the western Japanese city. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima doctors arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui (front), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, arrives in Pyongyang via Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Usui and other member doctors of the group are scheduled to stay in North Korea until Oct. 15 to conduct medical checks for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing and were exposed to radiation in the western Japanese city. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima doctors to examine A-bomb victims in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Shizuteru Usui (R), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, is pictured at Beijing airport en route to North Korea on Oct. 11, 2011. A medical delegation led by Usui plans to conduct medical checkups for North Koreans who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima doctors leave for N. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shizuteru Usui (R front), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, and other member doctors of the group are seen at Hiroshima airport on Oct. 10, 2011, shortly before departure for Beijing. They are scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang on Oct. 11 for a five-day stay to conduct medical checkups for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of 1945 atomic attack on the city and exposed to radiation. (Kyodo)