The prefectural and city governments of Nagasaki on Tuesday appealed a court ruling in favor of some of the plaintiffs seeking state health care benefits as survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing even though they experienced the blast outside the state-designated area.The central government has so far provided those who experienced the bombing outside the designated area but within a 12-kilometer radius of the hypocenter with limited support compared with certified survivors.The Nagasaki District Court on Sept. 9 ordered the prefectural and municipal governments to certify 15 of the 44 p…READ FULL ARTICLE
