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Hepatitis C plaintiffs and the government sign reconciliation agreement

 

   Plaintiffs in the hepatitis C lawsuits and the government on January 15 signed the basic agreement on reconciliation, in which the government accepted its responsibility for the mass infection of hepatitis C through tainted blood products and offered an apology.

 

   Five years of the plaintiffsf legal struggle has laid the foundation for their blanket relief.

 

   In the meeting with the plaintiffsf group following the signing of the agreement, Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo said, gPlease accept my apology on behalf of the administration.h
- Akahata, January 16, 2008

 




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