21.   Victims say the government and drug companies failed to remove unheated blood products from the market despite knowing that the products posed a risk of AIDS.

22.   He has been accused of having influenced the ministry at the time to approve the continued use of unheated blood products.

23.   In July, Matsumura told parliament the ministry was reluctant to recall unheated blood products due to possible confusion among haemophiliacs.

24.   A week earlier, Kan announced the discovery of ministry documents showing the dangers of contracting HIV from unheated blood products.

25.   Akihito Matsumura was asked if the ministry was aware of the risks of using unheated blood products.

26.   Meanwhile, a medical doctor quit a Tokyo university Monday after he was criticized for his role in the prolonged use of unheated blood products in Japan.