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To: John McCarthy who wrote (384)	1/2/1998 7:00:00 PM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 756

here is a link to an alta vista search: the results list the ministry of health & welfare beginning at no.14: good luck getting it in english...oh, and an article i found as well. randy altavista.digital.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Japan ministry admits fault in spread of AIDS TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuter) - Japan's health minister for the first time acknowledged that the ministry knew of the danger of the spread of the AIDS virus through tainted imported blood products in 1983, news reports said on Saturday. The admission is certain to work against the government currently engaged in an out-of-court settlement with haemophiliacs who were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which causes AIDS, through tainted blood products. "In 1983, the health ministry recognised that untreated blood products were dangerous," Health and Welfare Minister Naoto Kan was quoted by the daily Asahi Shimbun as saying. Kan said on Friday that the contents of nine files on AIDS research compiled by a member of a 1983 ministry panel showed that the ministry was aware of the danger of AIDS infection through blood products. The health ministry had long claimed it could not find the files. "(I think) the government's responsibility will become self-evident," Kan said. The ministry committee was established to study whether to continue importing and using untreated blood products. The committee disbanded in 1984 after compiling a report which allowed the continued use of such products. Blood products are now carefully screened. About 1,800 of Japan's estimated 5,000 haemophiliacs are believed to have been infected with HIV through blood transfusions. Haemophiliacs have urged the state admit responsibility for allowing drug companies to sell HIV-tainted blood products in the 1980s, even after the dangers of untreated blood products had begun to be reported in the United States. The victims filed a suit against the state and five drug firms in 1989 seeking compensation. Japanese courts proposed a landmark out-of-court settlement last October which is aiming to work out an agreement by March. Last October the government formally apologised to haemophilacs with AIDS, acknowledging that delayed government measures had caused the spread of the deadly virus. Latest ministry figures show that there are 1,154 people with AIDS and 2,942 infected with the HIV virus in Japan, a nation of 123 million. Copyright c 1996/Reuters NewMedia, Inc. Reproduced with permission. Reproduction of this article (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the Permissions Desk, Reuters NewMedia Inc., Reston Town Center, 1750 Presidents Street, Suite 250, Reston, VA 22090.