Tag Archives: Nagasaki

JAPANESE PEOPLE SHUN FUKUSHIMA SURVIVORS WHILE DOCTORS REFUSE THEM CARE via www.jeffereyjaxen.com

Posted on 2016/03/08 by norma field

[…]The world is rapidly approaching the five year anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in human history. The triple meltdown at the Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant has seen shameful omissions by global leaders and officials at every level. To … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Japanese student activist to keep up lifelong fight against nuclear arms　via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/01/11 by norma field

YOKOHAMA – For aging atomic bomb survivors, it is a matter of grave concern whether their long-running campaign to see the abolition of nuclear weapons will be continued by the next generation, and just as important to them as passing … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Polluted Nuclear Weapons Site to Become Tourist Destination via ABC News

Posted on 2015/12/20 by norma field

Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press The nation’s most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park. Thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world’s first full-sized nuclear reactor, … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Opponents of U.S. nuclear bomb ‘glorification’ park seek Japanese support　via Asahi World

Posted on 2015/12/17 by norma field

By Masato Tainaka Residents who fell sick living near the facility that produced plutonium for the Nagasaki atomic bomb are seeking Japanese support for a campaign against an attraction in the United States that they say “glorifies” nuclear weapons. The … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Portland professor makes 225-mile trek to Hanford to raise awareness about nuclear issues via Yakima Herald

Posted on 2015/10/17 by norma field

If you saw a woman in an orange vest and walking gear in and around Granger and Sunnyside on Friday, she was not a hitchhiker. In fact, Ceiridwen Terrill turned down offers from passers-by who were willing to drive her … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear War Theme Parks: Mass Destruction for the Whole Family via Counterpunch

Posted on 2015/09/07 by norma field

By John Laforge […]Hoping perhaps to show that the bomb from hell can be transformed from a vengeful, self-destructive, nightmare demon, into a benign, peace-loving, fairy-tale prince, nuclear propagandists and their friends in Congress are establishing nuclear war theme parks … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

At 86, trauma still plagues Nagasaki A-bomb survivor who couldn’t save sister via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/08/23 by norma field

NAGASAKI – At 86, Yoshitoshi Fukahori is still traumatized from failing to save his older sister, Chizuko, after an atomic bomb devastated the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. […] The following day, Fukahori managed to make it to … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

How a secretive US agency discovered the a-bomb’s effect on people via Politico

Posted on 2015/08/10 by norma field

Susan Southard […] When Do-oh was 20, new hope appeared at her door. It was 1949, at the time of year, she remembered, that “the persimmon fruits started to develop color.” Her injuries still hadn’t fully healed, and her hair … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment