Japan's highest court ruled Tuesday that Korean atomic bomb victims are entitled to full compensation from the Japanese government.

Lee Hong-hyun (69), the son of a Korean victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, along with the surviving family members of two other Korean victims, filed the lawsuit in Osaka in 2011.

Lee's father was forced into labor at the Mitsubishi shipyard during World War II and Lee was exposed to radiation in his mother's womb. After returning to Korea, he was officially diagnosed with the side effects of radiation when he was 37.

Lee filed the lawsuit after learning about the difference in support from the Japanese government for Japanese and Korean victims.