Tag Archives: hibakusha

Grandson of crew member of both B-29s that dropped A-bombs interviews survivors in Japan　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/08/06 by norma field

A twist of fate has led the grandson of the only U.S. crew member aboard both the B-29s that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to Japan to meet survivors of those horrific blasts. Ari Beser, a … Continue reading →

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U.N. secretary-general calls for nuclear free world on 70th anniversary of A-bombings via The Mainichi

Posted on 2015/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NEW YORK — On the occasion of the 70th anniversary this month of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon submitted an article to the Mainichi Shimbun. The secretary-general wrote that “there remain serious disagreements” … Continue reading →

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Atomic bomb survivors nominated for Nobel prize via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In this 70th year anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Swiss-based International Peace Bureau (IPB) nominated Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations) for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. This is Hidankyo’s third such … Continue reading →

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Survey: 61% of 2nd-generation hibakusha feel anxiety over parents’ radiation exposure　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/07/30 by norma field

More than 60 percent of second-generation hibakusha still feel anxiety over their parents’ exposure to radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago, a survey showed. The Tokyo Federation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations released its study … Continue reading →

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How to survive a nuclear bomb every day of your life via The Washington Post

Posted on 2015/07/24 by norma field

[…] Wada Koichi, Nagano Etsuko, Taniguchi Sumiteru, Do-oh Mineko and Yoshida Katsuji tell their stories of survival in Susan Southard’s riveting “Nagasaki.” They represent “the only people in history who have lived through a nuclear attack and its aftermath,” Southard … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima and the Inheritance of Trauma via The New Yorker

Posted on 2014/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] “Radiation! Heat! The wind from the bomb!” When Shoji began to describe her recollections from August 6, 1945, she took on a staccato pattern of speech, gesticulating rapidly. A tiny woman with pixie-gray hair and a sweet, flushed face, … Continue reading →

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Don’t destroy the monument of the victims of nuclear tests in French Polynesia via Avaaz.org

Posted on 2014/06/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Why this is important to me Gaston Flosse, the current president of French Polynesia has decided to remove the monument tha was erected in Papeete in memory of victims of nuclear testing. This monument was inaugurated by Mr Oscar Temaru, … Continue reading →

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When life becomes a shadow – after nuclear catastrophe via Ecologist

Posted on 2014/04/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Those caught up in nuclear disasters suffer many times over, writes Robert Jacobs. Ill-health and early death aside, they are also cut off from their former communities, identities and family life, and the victims of social and medical discrimination. Radiation … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s radiation victims via Deutsche Welle (DW)

Posted on 2014/04/08 by norma field

The residents of the evacuated Japanese town of Namie near the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima were contaminated with radiation. They have now taken the responsibility for their health into their own hands. […] When Minako Fujiwara tells the story … Continue reading →

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‘No more hibakusha’ takes on new meaning after 3/11′ via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/08 by norma field

Commentary/World By Ryan Masaaki Yokota CHICAGO – I remember quite vividly the televised news of the 2011 earthquake that hit the Tohoku region. Like most of the world, I watched in horror at the destructive force of the tsunami that … Continue reading →

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