Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Hiroshima A-bomb museum draws record visitors in FY 2016 via Kyodo

Posted on 2017/02/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum drew a record of nearly 1.6 million visitors in the year ending March, with visitor numbers rising in the wake of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s May visit. As of Friday, the number of visitors … Continue reading →

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Universal Hatches Hiroshima A-Bomb Tale ‘Shockwave’; Cary Fukunaga To Direct, Hossein Amini To Write via Deadline

Posted on 2017/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The book told a story of events that led up to a Monday morning in August 1945 when a five-ton bomb—dubbed Little Boy by its creators—was dropped from an American plane onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima, soon to be … Continue reading →

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Children of Hiroshima survivors sue for coverage under hibakusha assistance law via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/02/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

HIROSHIMA – Children of Hiroshima A-bomb survivors sued the central government on Friday, claiming Tokyo has denied them their constitutional right to pursue happiness by failing to provide financial support. In what the plaintiffs say is the first lawsuit in … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima survivor ‘horrified’ by Donald Trump’s nuclear weapons stance, as she urges president to ‘educate’ himself about tragedy via The Telegraph

Posted on 2017/02/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing has said she is “horrified” by Donald Trump’s suggestion that Japan might benefit from nuclear weapons and has urged the president to visit the site of the tragedy so he can “educate” himself.  … Continue reading →

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As Trump takes control of nukes, Hiroshima’s ex-mayor urges him to meet atomic-bomb survivors via The Washington Post

Posted on 2017/01/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Another voice has joined the chorus of those pleading with newly inaugurated President Trump to exercise restraint when it comes to use of nuclear weapons by the United States — this time from a Japanese city that has seen firsthand the … Continue reading →

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The Secret Nuclear Bunker Built as the UK’s Last Hope via BBC

Posted on 2017/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dug for an underground ‘shadow factory’ for aircraft during World War Two, the Drakelow tunnels were re-purposed as a nuclear bunker to be used by the UK government. We went inside. Deep beneath a hill in the Worcestershire countryside, about … Continue reading →

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Bill Perry Is Terrified. Why Aren’t You? via Politico Magazine

Posted on 2017/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How an 89-year-old cold warrior became America’s nuclear conscience. […] William J. Perry is 89 now, at the tail end of one of his generation’s most illustrious careers in national security. By all rights, the former U.S. secretary of Defense, … Continue reading →

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Veterans Apologize to Japan For Using Nuclear Weapons via Common Dreams

Posted on 2016/12/28 by nfield

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis, MO.  Veterans For Peace, a national organization made up of military veterans and military family members, released an apology to the people of Japan for  U.S. usage of nuclear weapons.  This apology is in conjunction … Continue reading →

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Frank Rosen: Union Organizer, Political Activist, Civil Libertarian via Dissent News Wire

Posted on 2016/12/11 by nfield

Frank Rosen, longtime labor leader, political activist, and member of the Defending Dissent Foundation board, died November 28, 2016 in Chicago where he spent most of his life. He was 91.  Rosen took part in many of the seminal moments … Continue reading →

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Nuclear accord with India draws fire from A-bomb survivors, others via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The nuclear agreement reached by Japan and India was greeted with protests from hibakusha survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear accident five years ago. Kunihiko Sakuma, 72, who … Continue reading →

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