Japanese court denies government aid for children of Nagasaki A-bomb survivors

Nagasaki District Court has rejected a damages claim filed by a group of children of Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors seeking eligibility for government support for medical costs, saying hereditary radiation impact has not been proven (Kyodo News/AP)

A Japanese court has rejected a damages claim filed by a group of children of Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors seeking eligibility for government support for medical costs, saying hereditary radiation impact has not been proven.

A group of 28 people whose parents were exposed to radiation in the US atomic bombing on August 9 1945 filed a lawsuit in 2017, demanding the government include them as part of its medical support available to the survivors. Two of the plaintiffs who were cancer patients died during the trial.