and, as he had promised, he had contacted one of the Lucky Dragon
survivors, and arrangements were made to meet him that evening.

On

the late afternoon of June 29, the Committee members met with
Dr. Kumatori and Mr. ‘latashigi Oshi.

During the meeting Mr. Oshi

discussed his experience, his compensation, and his health, and
Dr. Kumatori presented the Committee with some articles dealing with
studies of the Lucky Dragon fishermen as published in several
scientific journals.
for its two guests.

After the meeting the Committee hosted a dinner
oun June 30, 1972, the Committee departed from Japan

for the Trust Territory.

JAPAN:

SUMMARY

In Japan there are well-defined and regulated facilities to take
care of those people exposed to the bomb in 1945.

The programs which

produced these facilities came about nearly l2 years after the bomb,
through the passage of a national public law.

This long delay was

due, in part, to the fact that Japan was an occupied country until

about 1955.

It is clear that the main support of these programs comes from

the local and central governments of Japan.

Examination, treatment and

care for the victims are up-to-date, efficient, and comprehensive.

The

Committee noted that the medical equipment (an automatic multi-channel
blood analyzer) in most of the facilities, matched or exceeded in sophistication, that found in most, if not all of the Trust Territory district
hospitals.

At the same time, as daily medical care is carried out,

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