Comments on: Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors Sue Japanese Government, Is the US Next?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:25:49 +0000

http://www.bing.com/search?q=South+Korean+atomic+…

By: Chris Barber

Chris Barber — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:01:15 +0000

Have a link for that? I searched and couldn't find anything.

BTW, there were a handful of American POWs who got nuked in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anyone know if they got to take part in any sort of compensation?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:39:01 +0000

Apparently they won the lawsuit.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:45:44 +0000

"“The generation in charge today is not responsible for acts committed by their grandparents”"

They were Third Class Japanese citizens at that time when the bomb was dropped. They, as Japanese citizens, were entitled to medical treatment as pure blooded Japanese citizens, but did not receive any.

By: Cloying_Odor

Cloying_Odor — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:15:14 +0000

So the Shin guy was less than 2 years old when the bomb was dropped… somthing doesn't add up here.

By: Maruyama Masao

Maruyama Masao — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:14:09 +0000

Whatever the chances of this lawsuit winding its way into the Japanese court system, I don't think that these victims are going to be getting any sort of compensation.

To my recollection, the 1951 San Fransisco Treaty and the 1965 treaty establishing normalized relations between the ROK and Japan are pretty clear that any further petitions for compensation in relation to the colonial era are moot and void. This is not to say that I agree with this argument (in fact I don't) but it's a legal precept that the Japanese government has consistently utilized.

By: Dr.Yu

Dr.Yu — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:17:14 +0000

I don't know the details of this legal action, but I presume that their argument must be based on the fact that they were victims of the A-bomb because they were taken to Japan as slaves to work in the ammunition factory.

"The generation in charge today is not responsible for acts committed by their grandparents"

This is not a legal action against japanese individuals, but their government.

By: Cordelia

Cordelia — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:46:49 +0000

It seems to me that if they should sue anyone, it ought to be those who dropped the bomb. Possibly this final resort weapon was not strictly necessary.. And surely this is one WW2 crime that Japan couldn't be held responsible for! The Japanese themselves suffered tremendously from the atomic bombs, and has paid enormous damages for war damages. The generation in charge today is not responsible for acts committed by their grandparents.