Two Japanese courts have partially recognized law suits from five more people suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The government had tried to defend itself against the law suits and have over the years lost a series of similar cases.

The five were among seven of plaintiffs who had never been recognized as suffering from radiation illnesses under the Japanese certification system dealing with World War II injury complaints.

A total of 34 plaintiffs had filed the two suits seeking certification and compensation of three million yen each from the state.

As ordered by the courts, twenty-seven of them have now been given certification but had their compensation claims turned down.

But the plaintiffs are likely to receive some monetary compensation from the state under an agreement.