A court on Monday rejected a damages suit filed by the children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors seeking eligibility for financial support from the government.
The Nagasaki District Court ruled that the state not providing aid to so-called second-generation hibakusha, who were born to atomic bomb survivors, did not violate the constitutional guarantee of equality under the law.
Although the plaintiffs claimed that their parents' exposure to radiation in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing had affected their health, presiding Judge Hiroyoshi Amakawa said the genetic influence of radiation could not be determined.