Prime Minister Takaichi urged to recognize more hibakusha
Some people who were exposed to radiation from the bomb have not been officially recognized as hibakusha because they were outside locations designated as being in the blast zone.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received calls on Sunday to officially acknowledge additional hibakusha survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Certain individuals who sustained radiation exposure from the explosion have not been formally classified as hibakusha due to their residence being outside the government-defined atomic-bombed zones.
During a meeting at a hotel in Nagasaki, Takaichi conversed with representatives from organizations representing both recognized and unrecognized hibakusha. Shigemitsu Tanaka, an 85-year-old leader of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, urgently implored the prime minister to make a cabinet decision on support measures for survivors, regardless of their recognition status.
Takaichi acknowledged the ongoing provision of medical expense subsidies equal to those offered to officially recognized hibakusha and expressed her intention to maintain such support.
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