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Book recounts Taiwanese tales of A-bombings via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/03/30 by norma field

NAGASAKI — A book containing the testimony of 12 Taiwanese who survived the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima has been published. Nobuto Hirano, 65, representative of a Nagasaki-based liaison group for hibakusha overseas, says he hopes the book will … Continue reading →

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Diaries of foreign hibakusha on display via The Japan Times

Posted on 2011/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 Kyodo HIROSHIMA — Diaries of Korean and German atomic-bomb survivors depicting the devastation of Hiroshima and their postwar struggle for compensation are among the exhibits at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. In journals that were put … Continue reading →

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Hibakusha: Losing life and home to nuclear power plant radiation via Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 2011/08/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

As a result of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, 59-year-old Teruo Yoshida, who operated a livestock farm in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, was forced to leave the farm. His cows, which were like family to … Continue reading →

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