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2013 June 5 - 11 [ANTI-N-ARMS]

Hibakusha calls on JCP to work for state compensation for A-bomb damage

Atomic bomb survivors (Hibakusha) on June 6 visited the Japanese Communist Party head office requesting the party’s cooperation in order to obtain a state compensation for damages caused by the A-bombing.

They are members of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bombs Sufferers' Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo). The representation was made in line with Hidankyo’s action policy adopted at its general meeting held on June 4 and 5.

They also called on the JCP to work for the abolition of nuclear weapons, a drastic revision of the government system to certify Hibakusha’s diseases as caused by A-bomb radiation exposure, a halt to reactivation of idled nuclear power reactors and construction of new ones, and cancellation of nuclear power plant exports.

“We completely support your calls and will continue to work hard to realize them,” said JCP Chair Shii Kazuo, who promised to work with Hidankyo for the 2015 NPT Review Conference to reach an agreement to start international negotiations for a convention to ban nuclear weapons.

Shii also pledged to promote a cross-party initiative in order to work for a state compensation for A-bomb damages.