被爆者手帳を集団申請　原告以外の「黒い雨」体験者―広島

　原爆投下直後に降った「黒い雨」をめぐる訴訟で、原告全員を被爆者と認めた広島高裁判決が確定し、国が原告以外も救済する方針を示したことを受け、黒い雨体験者ら約２００人が１１日、広島市に被爆者健康手帳などの交付を申請した。
　申請した女性（８４）は「手帳をもらえるかは分からないと言われた。もらえれば、とても助かる」と話した。黒い雨訴訟の弁護団事務局長の竹森雅泰弁護士は「たくさんの人が交付を待ちわびている。必要な審査を早く進め、審査基準が改定されたらすぐに交付できるよう準備してほしい」と強く訴えた。（2021/10/11-12:06）

Some 200 people who were exposed to radioactive "black rain" soon after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima applied to receive certificates for hibakusha bomb survivors Monday.
   They filed the application after the Japanese government pledged earlier this year to provide relief to all black rain victims regardless of whether they are plaintiffs in a lawsuit over black rain relief or not.
   In July, Hiroshima High Court recognized all plaintiffs who claimed to have been exposed to the black rain outside a state-designated area as hibakusha atomic bomb victims.
   The government did not appeal the ruling and said it will give relief to not only the plaintiffs but also people who were in the same situation as the plaintiffs.
   An 84-year-old woman who is among the people who filed the application for hibakusha certificates Monday, said, "If I can have it, it would be very helpful."