NAGASAKI (Kyodo) The Nagasaki District Court handed down a mixed ruling Tuesday to six unrecognized atomic-bombing survivors suing the government, awarding official recognition as hibakusha to only two of them.
While nullifying the government's earlier rejections of recognizing the two as hibakusha, however, the court dismissed their financial claims of ¥3 million each. The remaining four plaintiffs were also denied any financial compensation.
The Nagasaki lawsuit originally involved eight more plaintiffs, but they have already been recognized as hibakusha since the government eased its recognition criteria in 2008. They had also demanded ¥3 million each in financial damages, but the court Tuesday rejected their claims as well.