Talks with the government and Hiroshima City to help people who have suffered health damage due to "black rain"

Discussions between the government and the city of Hiroshima to help people who suffered health damage due to the so-called "black rain" that fell immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima began on the 30th, and the criteria for recognizing atomic bomb survivors will be set this year. I summarized it in the inside and confirmed the policy to operate from next year.

In July, the Hiroshima High Court recognized all plaintiffs as survivors stipulated by law in a trial in which residents and others complained that they had suffered health damage due to the so-called "black rain", and the government cooperated with Hiroshima City and Hiroshima Prefecture. And decided to proceed with the relief.

In response to this, on the 30th, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Hiroshima City and others held discussions for the first time in order to identify people who were in areas where it rained black as atomic bomb survivors and to create standards for providing allowances. ..

The discussions were held privately, and according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, we confirmed the policy of compiling new standards during this fiscal year and operating them from next fiscal year and Reiwa 4th fiscal year.

Hiroshima City and Hiroshima Prefecture have once again requested that everyone in the area where it rained black be recognized as an A-bomb survivor.

Persons in charge of Nagasaki City and Nagasaki Prefecture also participated in the discussion, and there was a voice requesting that people who were exposed to ash containing radioactive substances be recognized as A-bomb survivors.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will continue to hold regular consultations.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno "Considering while listening carefully to opinions"

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said at a press conference in the afternoon, "While there are various judgments that have been accumulated as an administration and have been shown in the judiciary, this is based on the discourse of the Prime Minister in July and Hiroshima Prefecture. I would like to proceed with the examination while carefully listening to the opinions of Hiroshima City and others. It is important to work with a sense of speed because the people involved are also aging. "