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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]
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 ...
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 ...
A Japanese man who survived the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and was decades later hugged by Barack Obama during the then U.S. President's visit to the city, said he hoped Friday's Nobel Peace ...
Sunao Tsuboi (坪井 直, Tsuboi Sunao, May 5, 1925 – October 24, 2021) [1] was a Japanese anti-nuclear, anti-war activist, and teacher. He was a hibakusha, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and was the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japan-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers. [2]
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 ...