Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors, Local Govts Express Mixed Feelings Over Ruling; Plaintiffs Vow to Continue to Fight ‘Until Last Breath’

NAGASAKI — Monday’s ruling, in which only some of the plaintiffs who were outside of the atomic bombing radius in Nagasaki were recognized as hibakusha, drew a line in the sand based on where people were at the time the bomb was dropped in 1945.