1.   Unfortunately, the Japanese government continued to permit the import of unheated blood products.

2.   Abe, who had insisted on the continued use of unheated blood products, testified as an unsworn witness at the Lower House Committee on Health and Welfare.

3.   But hemophiliacs are still demanding answers to why the health ministry allowed the continued use of unheated blood for years after the HIV risks became apparent.

4.   But the ministry abandoned the domestic blood plan and continued to import risky unheated blood products.

5.   Documents that have surfaced recently indicated that the study group initially contemplated banning imports of unheated blood products and importing heated products instead.

6.   One unanswered question is why the ministry allowed the continued use of unheated blood after the HIV risks became apparent.

7.   The Japanese company and four other pharmaceutical companies are under fire for distributing unheated tainted blood products long after they knew of the danger.

8.   The man asked the official to recall unheated blood as well since the ministry had authorized the use of safe heated blood.

9.   The topics include a ban on imports of unheated blood products and the use of domestic blood to produce safer products.

10.   These contents indicate that Alpha and Green Cross at the time were aware that unheated blood products were infecting people with the virus that causes AIDS.