A panel of experts reviewing the law on support for survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings has agreed to recommend a fund be created to benefit such survivors living abroad, according to sources.
In its report, the panel will make the recommendation and suggest profits earned on investments the fund makes be allocated as benefits in lieu of government support. Survivors of the atomic bombings living abroad are ineligible for support under the current law.
The panel was set up in August by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry to review the law because its provisions for survivors who now live overseas are ambiguous.
The panel will officially decide to include the proposal in its report at a meeting on Monday, the sources said.