The court has denied aid applications for the children of Nagasaki A-bomb survivors

A Japanese court on Monday dismissed a damages action filed by the children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors seeking government financial assistance.

The Nagasaki District Court decided that the state's refusal to provide help to so-called second-generation hibakusha, who were born to atomic bomb survivors, did not violate the law's fundamental principle of equality.

Although the plaintiffs claimed that their paren....