Creating relief standards for "black rain" Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare To discuss with Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City

Regarding the so-called "black rain" that contains radioactive substances that fell immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been working with Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City from the 30th of this month to create a standard for helping people who have suffered health damage. Formal talks have begun.

In a trial in which residents and others complained that they had suffered health damage due to the so-called "black rain", in July, the Hiroshima High Court of the second trial admitted that all plaintiffs were survivors stipulated by law, and Prime Minister Suga said. He showed a policy to proceed with relief in cooperation with Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City without appealing.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it will be officially established with Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City on the 30th of this month to create a new standard for certifying people who were in areas where it rained black as A-bomb survivors and providing allowances. It means that they have agreed to start discussions with.

Nagasaki Prefecture and Nagasaki City will also participate in the discussion.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare aims to start relief from next year.

Hiroshima Prefecture is requesting that everyone in the area where it rained black be targeted for relief, but the health effects of black rain are being scientifically verified by a study group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and relief is being carried out. The focus is on how to determine the scope of the target.

Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Goto "It is important to work with a sense of speed"

At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Goto said, "How far can the government respond based on the decisions of the first and second trials and the Prime Minister's discourse in July? Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima City, etc. I would like to proceed with the examination after carefully listening to the opinions of the people concerned. Since the people involved are aging, it is important to work with a sense of speed. "