Recommendation for Establishment of Comprehensive Asbestos Health Damage Compensation System:

New Compensation System Considering Victim Viewpoint

Abstract

This study first clarifies the structural problems of Japan's asbestos health damage relief system, and reasons for implementing improvement, and then it discusses the necessary compensation system from the asbestos victim's point of view. The current health damage relief system provides financially poor support compared to other relief systems, lacking both financial support and long-term health care for the victim's family, and having no health care system to reduce physical pains or psychological stresses of victims themselves. A reform plan is necessary, so this study proposes a plan to reduce such burdens by focusing on a comprehensive asbestos health damage compensation system.