The council created by the governors and mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has become cancerous, etc. regarding a new system that recognizes people who have been exposed to the so-called "black rain" that fell immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. I requested the country to expand the scope to those who did not have it and those who were in Nagasaki.
The request was made by the governors and mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the so-called "Hachisha Council," which was handed over to the director of the Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 15th.
In April, the government set a new standard to recognize people who may have been exposed to black rain in Hiroshima as survivors if they suffer from any of 11 types of illnesses such as cancer. However, the request says that it will be a heavy burden for the aging A-bomb survivors to prepare a medical certificate, and they are required to be recognized as A-bomb survivors even if they do not have cancer.
In addition, if it is undeniable that the so-called "hibakusha" who were outside the "hibakusha" in Nagasaki may have been exposed to black rain, they are requested to be recognized as survivors as in Hiroshima. increase.
Tomohiro Terahara, director of the Health and Welfare Department of Nagasaki Prefecture, who is the secretary of the "Hachisha Council," said, "We should not divide the atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The average age of the atomic bomb survivors is already over 84 years old. I want people who have been exposed to black rain as soon as possible to be recognized as A-bomb survivors. "