Question: Who were the hibakusha?
About the article "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki", section "Hibakusha".

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The Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law defines "hibakusha" as people who fall into one of the following categories: within a few kilometers of the hypocenters of the bombs; within 2 km of the hypocenters within two weeks of the bombings; exposed to radiation from fallout; or not yet born but carried by pregnant women in any of these categories.
, 201,779 "hibakusha" were recognized by the Japanese government, most living in Japan.
The government of Japan recognizes about 1% of these as having illnesses caused by radiation.
"Hibakusha" are entitled to government support.
They receive a certain amount of allowance per month.
About 1%, certified as suffering from bomb-related diseases, receive a special medical allowance.
The memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki contain lists of the names of the "hibakusha" who are known to have died since the bombings.
Updated annually on the anniversaries of the bombings, the memorials record the names of almost 450,000 "hibakusha"; 286,818 in Hiroshima and 162,083 in Nagasaki. 
The Overseas Hibakusha Case, SCOJ 2005 No.1977, was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of Japan.
The Court found that the government's refusal to provide health-care benefits to hibakusha living abroad was illegal.
The plaintiffs were 40 South Koreans who were exposed to radiation in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
It was the first time the Court declared a government order illegal and upheld a ruling mandating the payment of damages. 
The surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are called , a Japanese word that literally translates as "explosion-affected people" and is used to refer to people who were exposed to radiation from the bombings. 
The survivors of the bombings are called , a Japanese word that literally translates to "explosion-affected people."
, 201,779 "hibakusha" were recognized by the Japanese government, most living in Japan.
The government of Japan recognizes about 1% of these as having illnesses caused by radiation.
The memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki contain lists of the names of the "hibakusha" who are known to have died since the bombings.
Updated annually on the anniversaries of the bombings, the memorials record the names of almost 450,000 deceased "hibakusha"; 286,818 in Hiroshima and 162,083 in Nagasaki.
"Hibakusha" and their children were (and still are) victims of severe discrimination in Japan due to public ignorance about the consequences of radiation sickness, with much of the public believing it to be hereditary or even contagious.
This is despite the fact that no statistically demonstrable increase of birth defects or congenital malformations was found among the later conceived children born to survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A study of the long-term psychological effects of the bombings on the survivors found that even 17–20 years after the bombings had occurred survivors showed a higher prevalence of anxiety and somatization symptoms.
Hiroshima Witness, also released as Voice of Hibakusha, is a documentary film featuring 100 interviews of people who survived the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as hibakusha.
The "Hiroshima Witness" program was produced in 1986 by the "Hiroshima Peace Cultural Center" and "NHK", the public broadcasting company of Japan.