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Court grants S. Korean woman A-bomb health passbook

NAGASAKI, Japan - Kang Sok Chong (3rd from L), 69-year-old son of Chong Nam Su, 88, rejoices at a Nagasaki District Court ruling on Nov. 10. The court ordered the state and the Nagasaki prefectural government to give the South Korean woman an atomic-bomb sufferer's health passbook and associated benefits, declaring illegal the prefecture's earlier refusal to issue it to her under an old rule.

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Court grants S. Korean woman A-bomb health passbook

NAGASAKI, Japan - Kang Sok Chong (3rd from L), 69-year-old son of Chong Nam Su, 88, rejoices at a Nagasaki District Court ruling on Nov. 10. The court ordered the state and the Nagasaki prefectural government to give the South Korean woman an atomic-bomb sufferer's health passbook and associated benefits, declaring illegal the prefecture's earlier refusal to issue it to her under an old rule. (Kyodo)

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FEATURE: Tokyo man switched at birth seeks out parents, answers

"I want to know who I am, and what my real parents are like. That's all I want," a man tells Kyodo News in an interview on April 19 with his mother-child passbook in his hands. He discovered recently that he was likely switched at birth five decades ago at a Tokyo hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo