1955:USA-Japan U.S. pays $2 million in restitution for a 1954 nuclear test

The U.S. pays $2 million in restitution for a 1954 nuclear test that accidentally exposed the Japanese fishing vessel the Lucky Dragon to radiation some 80 miles away from the test site on the Bikini Atoll.

 

 

To: 
Japan
From: 
USA
Year of Apology: 
1955
Footnote: 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX51.html