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S. Korean A-bomb survivor files suit

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters of Pak Jong Gyu, a 90-year-old South Korean man who was forced to come to Japan as a worker in August 1944 one year ahead of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, arrive at the Nagasaki District Court in the city of Nagasaki on Jan. 14, 2014. Pak, a resident of South Korea's South Jeolla Province, filed a lawsuit with the court the same day against the Nagasaki city government seeking official recognition as an atomic-bomb sufferer.

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Poet To dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2003 shows Kazuko To, a prize-winning poet and former leprosy sufferer, who died of acute respiratory failure at a sanatorium in Kagawa Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2013, at age 83. To, who developed leprosy in 1942, was isolated at the sanatorium even from family members and friends at the age of 14. She engaged in poetry writing from her late 20s and her poems written amid discrimination against leprosy sufferers were highly acclaimed.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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Minamata disease lawsuit

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akio Mizoguchi smiles as he holds a portrait of his late mother Chie in front of the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka on Feb. 27, 2012, after the court required the Kumamoto prefectural government to certify her as a sufferer of Minamata mercury poisoning disease.

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Court acknowledges Aichi woman as A-bomb sufferer

NAGOYA, Japan - Teruko Nakamura (R) hugs her daughter Fusae near the Nagoya High Court on March 11, 2010, after being certified as suffering from an illness caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

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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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High court revokes order to compensate S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

FUKUOKA, Japan - Choi Mi Suk, daughter of Choi Gye Chol, a deceased South Korean atomic-bomb sufferer, wipes her tears during a press conference after the Fukuoka High Court overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the Nagasaki city government to pay healthcare benefits to Choi's relatives, saying the time limit for the plaintiff to seek the money has run out. Choi's relatives said they will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.

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High court revokes order to compensate S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

FUKUOKA, Japan - One of relatives and a supporter of a deceased South Korean atomic-bomb sufferer holds a placard reading ''Unjustifiable Verdict'' after the Fukuoka High Court overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the Nagasaki city government to pay healthcare benefits to the relatives of the sufferer, saying the time limit for the plaintiff to seek the money has run out.

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High court revokes order to compensate S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

FUKUOKA, Japan - Relatives and supporters of a deceased South Korean atomic-bomb sufferer arrive at the Fukuoka High Court on Jan. 22 to hear a court ruling on their lawsuit. The court later overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the Nagasaki city government to pay healthcare benefits to the relatives of the sufferer, saying the time limit for the plaintiff to seek the money has run out.

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Court awards 800,000 yen to deceased S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nobuto Hirano (C), leader of a Japanese support group for a deceased atomic bomb sufferer from South Korea and his relatives, attends a news conference in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. Earlier, the Nagasaki District Court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay about 800,000 yen to his relatives who had demanded that the Japanese and Nagasaki city governments pay 9.6 million yen in hibakusha allowances for the past 24 years and in solatium.

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Court awards 800,000 yen to family of deceased A-bomb sufferer

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters for the cause of deceased atomic bomb survivor Choi Gye Chol of South Korea hold up banners saying ''winning lawsuit'' in front of the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. The court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay to Choi's family about 800,000 yen in solatium and allowances for ''hibakusha'' survivors for the past 24 years.

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Thalidomide sufferer tells of agony

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Masuyama, one of the thalidomide victims, was born in Hokkaido in 1963, with both arms missing.

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Betty Cuthbert on wheelchair pushed by Raelene Boyle

SYDNEY, Australia - Quadruple Olympic track gold medalist and multiple sclerosis sufferer Betty ''Golden Girl'' Cuthbert waves to spectators at Sydney Olympic Stadium from a wheelchair in the final stages of the Olympic torch relay. Her wheelchair was pushed by triple track silver medalist Raelene Boyle.

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CHINA-HENAN-ALS SUFFERER-ROAD TRIP (CN)

(220818) -- ZHENGZHOU, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Tianci (R) poses for a photo with his mother Liu Wenyan during their trip in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 1, 2022. Liu Wenyan considers herself lucky. Despite being confined to a wheelchair most of the time, she has recently finished a road trip covering over 15,000 km. The round trip from her home city of Shangqiu in central China's Henan Province to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and back again took 31 days. Liu, aged 52, suffers from a neurodegenerative disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. But the condition did not stop her enjoying the journey with her son Zhao Tianci, taking in various types of scenery along the way, sipping tea on the prairie and enjoying local delicacies. TO GO WITH "Feature: ALS sufferer inspires others with 15,000-km road trip" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-ALS SUFFERER-ROAD TRIP (CN)

(220818) -- ZHENGZHOU, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Tianci (R) poses for a photo with his mother Liu Wenyan during their trip in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2022. Liu Wenyan considers herself lucky. Despite being confined to a wheelchair most of the time, she has recently finished a road trip covering over 15,000 km. The round trip from her home city of Shangqiu in central China's Henan Province to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and back again took 31 days. Liu, aged 52, suffers from a neurodegenerative disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. But the condition did not stop her enjoying the journey with her son Zhao Tianci, taking in various types of scenery along the way, sipping tea on the prairie and enjoying local delicacies. TO GO WITH "Feature: ALS sufferer inspires others with 15,000-km road trip" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-ALS SUFFERER-ROAD TRIP (CN)

(220818) -- ZHENGZHOU, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Tianci (R) poses for a photo with his mother Liu Wenyan during their trip in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 3, 2022. Liu Wenyan considers herself lucky. Despite being confined to a wheelchair most of the time, she has recently finished a road trip covering over 15,000 km. The round trip from her home city of Shangqiu in central China's Henan Province to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and back again took 31 days. Liu, aged 52, suffers from a neurodegenerative disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. But the condition did not stop her enjoying the journey with her son Zhao Tianci, taking in various types of scenery along the way, sipping tea on the prairie and enjoying local delicacies. TO GO WITH "Feature: ALS sufferer inspires others with 15,000-km road trip" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HENAN-ALS SUFFERER-ROAD TRIP (CN)

(220818) -- ZHENGZHOU, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Tianci (R) poses for a photo with his mother Liu Wenyan in Shangqiu City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 18, 2022. Liu Wenyan considers herself lucky. Despite being confined to a wheelchair most of the time, she has recently finished a road trip covering over 15,000 km. The round trip from her home city of Shangqiu in central China's Henan Province to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and back again took 31 days. Liu, aged 52, suffers from a neurodegenerative disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. But the condition did not stop her enjoying the journey with her son Zhao Tianci, taking in various types of scenery along the way, sipping tea on the prairie and enjoying local delicacies. TO GO WITH "Feature: ALS sufferer inspires others with 15,000-km road trip" (Xinhua)

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Betty Cuthbert on wheelchair pushed by Raelene Boyle

SYDNEY, Australia - Quadruple Olympic track gold medalist and multiple sclerosis sufferer Betty ''Golden Girl'' Cuthbert waves to spectators at Sydney Olympic Stadium from a wheelchair in the final stages of the Olympic torch relay. Her wheelchair was pushed by triple track silver medalist Raelene Boyle.

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A simple device for removing a wart

Contrary to the title of this picture, a complicated and convoluted machine to help a sufferer remove a wart from his head. A series of pullies and wheels activated by a lever will eventually succeed in lowering the user with a jolt and successful removing the wart which is precarious tied with thread hanging from a hook above the head. Yikes. 1927

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Hiroshima A-bombing sufferer urges nuke arms abolition at U.S. event

Sadao Yamamoto, an 83-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at an opening ceremony for an A-bomb exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington on June 13, 2015. Yamamoto called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the exhibition, the first of its kind held in the U.S. capital in 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki A-bombing sufferer speaks at U.S. A-bomb exhibition

Yoshitoshi Fukahori, an 86-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks at an opening ceremony for an A-bomb exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington on June 13, 2015. Fukahori, who lost his sister in the bombing, emphasized that nuclear weapons and human beings cannot coexist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb victim's son addresses A-Bomb sufferer group's meeting

Satoru Fujii, the 68-year-old son of an atomic-bomb victim who heads the Fukuyama association of friends of A-bomb victims, addresses a general meeting of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organization in Hiroshima on May 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court revokes order to compensate S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

FUKUOKA, Japan - One of relatives and a supporter of a deceased South Korean atomic-bomb sufferer holds a placard reading ''Unjustifiable Verdict'' after the Fukuoka High Court overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the Nagasaki city government to pay healthcare benefits to the relatives of the sufferer, saying the time limit for the plaintiff to seek the money has run out. (Kyodo)

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High court revokes order to compensate S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

FUKUOKA, Japan - Choi Mi Suk, daughter of Choi Gye Chol, a deceased South Korean atomic-bomb sufferer, wipes her tears during a press conference after the Fukuoka High Court overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the Nagasaki city government to pay healthcare benefits to Choi's relatives, saying the time limit for the plaintiff to seek the money has run out. Choi's relatives said they will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. (Kyodo)

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High court revokes order to compensate S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

FUKUOKA, Japan - Relatives and supporters of a deceased South Korean atomic-bomb sufferer arrive at the Fukuoka High Court on Jan. 22 to hear a court ruling on their lawsuit. The court later overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the Nagasaki city government to pay healthcare benefits to the relatives of the sufferer, saying the time limit for the plaintiff to seek the money has run out. (Kyodo)

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Court awards 800,000 yen to deceased S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nobuto Hirano (C), leader of a Japanese support group for a deceased atomic bomb sufferer from South Korea and his relatives, attends a news conference in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. Earlier, the Nagasaki District Court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay about 800,000 yen to his relatives who had demanded that the Japanese and Nagasaki city governments pay 9.6 million yen in hibakusha allowances for the past 24 years and in solatium. (Kyodo)

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Court awards 800,000 yen to family of deceased A-bomb sufferer

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters for the cause of deceased atomic bomb survivor Choi Gye Chol of South Korea hold up banners saying ''winning lawsuit'' in front of the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. The court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay to Choi's family about 800,000 yen in solatium and allowances for ''hibakusha'' survivors for the past 24 years. (Kyodo)

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Gov't to appeal ruling on damages for Taiwanese leprosy sufferer

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Jiro Kawasaki speaks at a press conference at his office on Nov. 8 on a government decision to appeal a district court ruling that ordered the state to pay damages to a group of Taiwanese leprosy sufferers who had been segregated at a leprosarium during Japanese colonial rule. He said his ministry will ''swiftly consider about how to provide compensation for those who were at the leprosarium, apart from the trials.'' (Kyodo)

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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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Minamata disease sufferer

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Ogata shares his experience of being a Minamata disease sufferer during a gathering in Tokyo on April 24, 2010. Ogata told the audience that his family faced discrimination in the western Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. (Kyodo)

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Court acknowledges Aichi woman as A-bomb sufferer

NAGOYA, Japan - Teruko Nakamura (R) hugs her daughter Fusae near the Nagoya High Court on March 11, 2010, after being certified as suffering from an illness caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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Minamata disease lawsuit

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akio Mizoguchi smiles as he holds a portrait of his late mother Chie in front of the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka on Feb. 27, 2012, after the court required the Kumamoto prefectural government to certify her as a sufferer of Minamata mercury poisoning disease. (Kyodo)

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Japanese lawmaker with severe disabilities

Japanese upper house lawmaker and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis sufferer Yasuhiko Funago of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2019, after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man with foot in the plaster cast

A man with foot in the cast and shoe in hand after leaving the emergency room of a nearby hospital on August 1 in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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Man with foot in the plaster cast

A man with foot in the cast and shoe in hand after leaving the emergency room of a nearby hospital on August 1 in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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74th anniv. of Japan's surrender in WWII

Assisted by a helper, Japanese lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago attends a memorial ceremony held at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2019, to mark the 74th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Funago, an ALS sufferer, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with severe disabilities

Recently elected Japanese upper house member Yasuhiko Funago, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis sufferer, attends a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture and Science in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with severe disabilities

Recently elected Japanese upper house member Yasuhiko Funago, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis sufferer, attends a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture and Science in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with severe disabilities

Recently elected Japanese upper house member Eiko Kimura, a cerebral palsy sufferer, heads to attend a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Land and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with severe disabilities

Recently elected Japanese upper house member Eiko Kimura, a cerebral palsy sufferer, heads to attend a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Land and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with severe disabilities

Recently elected Japanese upper house member Yasuhiko Funago, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis sufferer, heads to a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture and Science in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, enters the parliament's upper house chamber in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is pictured in the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, before attending an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, watches on as his aide presses a button on the attendance board at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, before entering an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is helped to enter the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is helped to enter the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at the parliament building in Tokyo with his assistant (L) on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at the parliament building in Tokyo with his assistant (L) on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker with disabilities

Newly elected lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, a sufferer of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at the parliament building in Tokyo with his assistant (L) on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session. Funago, of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly elected lawmakers with severe physical disabilities

Combined photo shows amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient Yasuhiko Funago (L) and cerebral palsy sufferer Eiko Kimura, both of whom won seats in the July 21, 2019 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo