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Workers’ compensation applicant Ryusuke Umeda: Photo of by Kenji Higuchi Thirty years ago Ryusuke Umeda was exposed to radiation while working at the Shimane and Tsuruga nuclear power plants. In September 2008 he applied...
Active testing of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is on hold due to repeated problems with the vitrification facility. Completion of the tests was rescheduled for August this year, but that target is clearly unachievable....
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has decided to add multiple myeloma and malignant lymphoma to its list of radiation-induced conditions eligible for workers’ compensation. The list of recognized radiation-related conditions was...
1. Victories in Court On May 28, 2009, in the 18th consecutive victory for the hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), the Tokyo High Court recognized nine more plaintiffs as sufferers of atomic bomb-related diseases (hereafter...
On April 28, the Tokyo High Court handed down its verdict on the late Mitsuaki Nagao’s claim for damages against Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). Nagao’s family had appealed a May 23, 2008 decision...
Workers’ Compensation Awarded to Tadashi Kiyuna! First ever for malignant lymphoma As reported in NIT 120 and 126, Tadashi Kiyuna died of malignant lymphoma in March 2005 at the age of 53 after being...
Case reveals the true nature of companies that exist to fulfill state policy Mitsuaki Nagao (left) chatting with his lawyer after giving evidence in court (6 April 2006) Mitsuaki Nagao was exposed to radiation...
(second installment) In the case of the malignant lymphoma of the late Tadashi Kiyuna discussed in NIT 120, the Yodogawa Labor Standard Supervision Office judged the cause to be viral and submitted its assessment...
On November 1st, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology compiled a report entitled “Investigation into Cosmic Ray Exposure to Aircraft Crew (tentative title)”. The purpose of this report was to reveal...
On January 13th the Tomioka (Fukushima Prefecture) office of the Labor Standards Office accepted the claim of Mitsuaki Nagao that his multiple myeloma (a form of bone marrow cancer) was contracted as a...