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Hiroshima: In Memoriam and Today is a collection of stories of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was edited by Hitoshi Takayama. It also contains a number of opinions and messages from world leaders including Pope John Paul II, Australian Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, South African President F.W. de Klerk and UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
The Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law defines hibakusha as people who fall into one or more of the following categories: within a few kilometers of the hypocenters of the bombs; within 2 km (1.2 mi) 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 the three previously mentioned categories. [4]
Hiroshima may have been leafleted in late July or early August, as survivor accounts talk about a delivery of leaflets a few days before the atomic bomb was dropped. [92] Three versions were printed of a leaflet listing 11 or 12 cities targeted for firebombing; a total of 33 cities listed.
Almost eight decades after an atomic bomb devastated her home town of Hiroshima, Teruko Yahata carries the scar on her forehead from when she was knocked over by the force of the blast. The U.S ...
Group of 7 leaders convene in Hiroshima and honor victims of the U.S. atomic bomb. But they have no new plans to reduce the threat of nuclear war. Last survivors of Hiroshima bombing watch as ...
At the time of the bombing, Tsuboi majored in science at a Hiroshima University. Shuntaro Hida, 28 years old. Military doctor who treated Hiroshima survivors after the bombing. Satoru Fukahori, 11 years old. Orphaned; Pan Yeon Kim, 8 years old. Prior to the bombing her family immigrated to Japan from Korea to escape starvation. Etsuko Nagano ...
This weekend's summit of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations in Hiroshima provides a rare — and possibly final — chance for survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and ...
At 11:00 a.m. on 9 August 1945, Yamaguchi was describing the blast in Hiroshima to his supervisor, when the American bomber Bockscar dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb over the city. His workplace again put him 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from ground zero , but this time he was unhurt by the explosion. [ 7 ]