Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Sharp drop in number of Hiroshima ‘black rain’ support program users via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/08/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OSAKA — The number of people who use the central government’s counseling and support services for those who claim to have been exposed to radioactive “black rain” that fell on Hiroshima and surrounding areas in the immediate aftermath of the … Continue reading →

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Renewing and Reframing Hiroshima via Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus

Posted on 2019/08/05 by nfield

Jeff Kingston I first visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in 1981 on my initial trip to Japan. The displays at the museum have been renovated twice since, for the 1995 fiftieth anniversary of the atomic bomb, and most recently … Continue reading →

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Statement by President Donald Tusk during his visit to Hiroshima via European Council

Posted on 2019/06/30 by nfield

Good afternoon. Perhaps ‘I should have visited Hiroshima earlier; the earlier, the better’ – as the writer Kenzaburō Ōe once said. But I am absolutely sure that it is never too late to visit Hiroshima. Because Hiroshima is something beyond time, it … Continue reading →

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Against Forgetting via Tom Dispatch/Portside

Posted on 2019/02/02 by nfield

By Susan Southard In the face of powerful Goliaths, the Davids are the next generation of passionate, creative thinkers who single-mindedly refuse to let us forget or rationalize Nagasaki and Hiroshima, who believe in a world of safety without nuclear … Continue reading →

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Japanese Catholics urge pope to send anti-nuclear message via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2019/01/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Pontiff said to be planning trips to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, targets of devastating US nuclear attacks in the second world war that killed hundred of thousands Japanese Catholics on Sunday urged Pope Francis to send an anti-nuclear message from Hiroshima … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis hoping to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki around end of 2019 via Kyodo News

Posted on 2018/12/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ROME– Pope Francis has expressed his desire to visit Japan, including the atomic-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, around the end of next year, the Japanese cardinal said Monday. If the plan is realized, he will become the first pope … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivor: Yoshinori Kato regrets failing to save the lives of trapped schoolchildren via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/11/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Words of regret run repeatedly through the mind of Yoshinori Kato: “I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.” On Aug. 6, 1945, when the city of Hiroshima was hit by a U.S. atomic bomb, Kato, now 90 but who was 17 … Continue reading →

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Study: Atomic bomb radiation raised teens’ risk of breast cancer via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/10/30 by nfield

Women from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who had their first periods around the time of the atomic bombs are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a study has found. The findings by researchers from Japan and the United States … Continue reading →

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Two atomic bomb survivors deliver anti-nuke petition with over 8 million signatures to United Nations via the Japan Times

Posted on 2018/10/11 by nfield

[…] Sueichi Kido, secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations, presented the “Appeal of the Hibakusha” to Romanian Ambassador Ion Jinga, who currently chairs the General Assembly committee that is charged with tackling … Continue reading →

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EPA reaches cleanup decision for radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site via St. Louis-Post Dispatch

Posted on 2018/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After years of bureaucratic inaction and escalating frustration and concern from the surrounding community, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally settled on a strategy to clean up the radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. […] … Continue reading →

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