Court denies extra medical aid for Hiroshima A-bomb survivors’ children

Court denies extra medical aid for Hiroshima A-bomb survivors’ children
Plaintiff Katsuhiro Hirano, right, and unidentified lawyer for the plaintiffs display signs after a judgement at Hiroshima District Court in Hiroshima (Kyodo News/AP)

A Japanese court rejected a bid by children of Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors seeking government support for medical costs, saying the hereditary impact of radiation exposure is still unknown.

A group of 28 people whose parents suffered radiation exposure in the US nuclear attack on August 6, 1945, were demanding the government include them in the medical support available to survivors.

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