• Allowances
covered
It is now possible to apply to
receive allowances, etc., from overseas.
The allowances covered include the
health management allowance, health
allowance, special medical care
allowance, medical care allowance,
atomic bomb microcephaly allowance,
and funeral assistance.
Applications for funeral assistance
can also be made for atomic bomb
survivors who have died outside
of Japan during the past 5 years.
• Acceptance
of applications
Applications are accepted at the
Japanese Consulate in your area
(If there is no Japanese Consulate
in your area, the Japanese Embassy
will handle the procedures. In Taiwan
, the Interchange Association, Japan
will accept the application. These
bodies are hereinafter referred
to as “Japanese Consulate, etc.”).
In principle, applicants should
apply at the Japanese Consulate,
etc., in person for identification
purposes, but in unavoidable circumstances
it is possible for a proxy to apply.
(Applications by mail are not accepted.)
• Contact points
If there are any questions, please
contact the Japanese Consulate,
etc., in your area, or Hiroshima
city, Nagasaki city, or each prefecture
in Japan . (See the Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfare's website
for contact points.)
• Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfare's website
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/kenkou/genbaku.html
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