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Nagasaki court accepts 20 plaintiffs’ claim for recognition as A-bomb sufferers

The Nagasaki District Court on Monday ordered the government to scrap its decision not to recognize 20 people as sufferers of atomic bomb-related diseases, accepting their claims in a lawsuit against the government.

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