「被爆体験者」認定を要望　岸田首相と面会―長崎

　長崎の被爆者４団体の代表は９日、長崎市内のホテルで岸田文雄首相と面会し、国が定める被爆地域の外で原爆に遭った「被爆体験者」について、被爆者と認定することなどを改めて要望した。
　面会で首相は、被爆体験者の医療支援の対象に、がんの一部を追加する意向を表明。来年４月の医療費支給を目指して「速やかに厚生労働省に検討させたい」と述べた。
　長崎県被爆者手帳友の会の会長で医師の朝長万左男氏（７９）は面会後、「放射線を浴びてがんの可能性があるのならば、がんの種類を問うのは難しい。理解できない」と語り、拡大対象を限定することに疑問を呈した。
　県平和運動センター被爆者連絡協議会の川野浩一議長（８２）は「被爆体験者も被爆者と認定すべきだ」と強く訴えた。（2022/08/09-17:53）

Four groups of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Tuesday asked the Japanese government again to recognize as hibakusha people who experienced the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city outside a state-designated area.
   Representatives from the four groups made the request to expand the scope of eligibility for hibakusha status in a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a Nagasaki hotel.
   Kishida said that the government plans to add some types of cancer to the diseases covered by a medical expenses assistance program for atomic bomb survivors without the status.
   "I'll get the health ministry to consider (the expansion) as early as possible," aiming to start supporting sufferers of the cancer in April next year, he said.
   The United States dropped atomic bombs on the western city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and on Nagasaki three days later in the closing days of World War II.