All posts tagged "A-bomb"

  • Yasuhisa Nagashima, a lawyer for South Korean victims of the U.S. 1945 atomic bombing of the two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, after Japan's highest court ruled that South Korean atomic bomb victims residing in their homeland are entitled to full compensation from local authorities in Japan. Next to him is a framed photo of Kang Sung-joon, a diseased South Korean victim of the bombing. (Yonhap)
    Japanese top court rules in favor of Korean A-bomb victims

    By Chung Ah-young Japan’s top court ruled Tuesday that Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nakasaki atomic bombings are fully eligible for medical subsidies from the Japanese government. This is the first time for the Japanese...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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