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A 1988 UK government estimate stated that there would be around 100 deaths by 2007 as a result of exposure to radioactive material. [3] [4] More recent academic research carried out in 2007 estimated that 100 to 240 deaths were caused by the radiation leak. [5] [6] [7] 1 (disputed) Fukushima nuclear disaster: 2011 March
Pages in category "People killed during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During the war, Korea had been under Japanese imperial rule, and many Koreans were forced to go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a labor force. According to recent estimates, about 20,000 Koreans were killed in Hiroshima and about 2,000 died in Nagasaki. It is estimated that one in seven of the Hiroshima victims was of Korean ancestry. [13]
The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) (Japanese:原爆傷害調査委員会, Genbakushōgaichōsaiinkai) was a commission established in 1946 in accordance with a presidential directive from Harry S. Truman to the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council to conduct investigations of the late effects of radiation among the atomic-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [1]
The firebombing of Tokyo, codenamed Operation Meetinghouse, on 9–10 March, killed an estimated 100,000 people and destroyed 41 km 2 (16 sq mi) of the city and 267,000 buildings in a single night. It was the deadliest bombing raid of the war, at a cost of 20 B-29s shot down by flak and fighters. [ 42 ]
A survivor of the atomic bomb attack on the Japanese city of Nagasaki during the Second World War has ... He was just 13 when the 10,000lb atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 ...
Official numbers kept by the City of Nagasaki indicate 74,000 deaths in immediate aftermath, and a total of 143,124 including those who died later of a-bomb related illnesses. That amounts to ~70,000 who died months or years later.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.