Japan will pay 100 million yen to victims of last month's leak of mustard gas from barrels abandoned in China by the Imperial Japanese Army, a government source said Tuesday.
Part of the money is intended to cover victims' hospital fees and provide a token of sympathy, according to the source.
The gas leak killed a man in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, and sickened more than 40 others.
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