Former crew and others filed a suit seeking cancellation of bikini bombing `` No treatment fee paid '' March 20:54
66 years ago, the United States overwhelmed a bomb test in Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, and at that time, former crew members and survivors of fishing boats operating in the surrounding area said that `` It was the atomic bombings that caused cancer etc. '' Has filed a complaint with the National Health Insurance Association urging it to refuse to disallow treatment and other benefits.
A total of 12 former crew members and their survivors of a fishing boat living in Kochi Prefecture have filed a lawsuit in the Kochi District Court.
Former crews and others asked for benefits such as treatment costs and survivor's pensions, saying that when the United States conducted a hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll 66 years ago, it operated around and was exposed to the bombings and caused cancer, etc. However, he was not recognized by the National Health Insurance Association as "exposure that could affect health could not be confirmed", and filed an appeal seeking cancellation of the disposal.
In addition, 14 people, including two other bereaved families, said that the right to claim damages was lost due to an agreement signed between Japan and the United States immediately after the bomb test, and the country totaled about 7.58 million yen Has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss.
Miho Masumoto of Kochi City, who lost his former crew husband in December last year at the plaintiffs in each case, said, "I was working hard for my colleague who died young when he was ill. I want to take over. "
Japan Health Insurance Association `` Confirm the contents of complaint and consider response ''
The National Health Insurance Association says, "I can't comment because the complaint hasn't arrived. I'll check the content and consider what to do in the future."