BLACK RAIN - VICTIMS AS ATOMIC BOMB

A Japanese court for the first time recognized people exposed to radioactive "black rain" as atomic bomb survivors. The black rain fell after the 1945 US atomic attack on Hiroshima. The court ordered the city and the prefecture to provide the same government medical benefits as given to other survivors. All 84 plaintiffs were outside of a zone previously set by the govt as where radioactive rain fell, developing radiation-induced illnesses.