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In Japan's Tohoku region, an 80-year-old survivor of the atomic bombings has been meeting with a junior high school student who serves as a storyteller, passing down survivors' accounts. The two discovered they carry the same concern: how to keep memories of the bombing alive as fewer witnesses remain. Their exchange highlights efforts to hand the baton of remembrance to a younger generation.
- 2Nobel Prize Helps Aging Hibakusha Pass Antinuclear Torch▼Nobel Prize Helps Aging Hibakusha Pass Antinuclear Torch: An Interview with Hamasumi Jirō of Nihon Hidankyō
Hamasumi Jirō of Nihon Hidankyō, the Japanese confederation of atomic bomb survivors, says the group's 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is helping aging hibakusha pass their antinuclear message to younger generations. In an interview, he reflects on survivors' dwindling numbers and their push for nuclear disarmament as the average age of hibakusha continues to rise.
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A Vietnamese victim of Agent Orange, the herbicide sprayed by US forces during the Vietnam War, has met with hibakusha — survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings — in Hiroshima, Japan. The encounter brings together two communities whose health was damaged by different legacies of American military action, highlighting shared experiences of lasting harm from war and ongoing calls for recognition and support.
- 4Nihon Hidankyo urged to pass nuclear disarmament cause to next generation▼Nihon Hidankyo hears calls to pass cause to second generation
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organisation of atomic bomb survivors that won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, is hearing calls to hand its disarmament cause to a second generation. With the surviving hibakusha ageing, supporters and members are discussing how younger people can carry forward the group's campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
- 5Atomic bomb survivors rally against Japan PM's nuclear policy shift▼Atomic bomb survivors rally against Japan PM's push to revise non-nuclear principles
Hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have rallied in Japan against the Prime Minister's push to revise the country's long-standing three non-nuclear principles. The survivors argue that weakening the commitment not to possess, produce or allow nuclear weapons on Japanese soil betrays their decades-long campaign for a nuclear-free future and dishonours the memory of the bombings.
- 6Nihon Hidankyo marks 70th anniversary, urges government action▼Nihon Hidankyo marks 70th anniversary, urges govt action
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese confederation of atomic bomb survivors' organisations that won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, has marked its 70th anniversary. At the occasion, the group urged the Japanese government to take concrete action toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, renewing long-standing calls from hibakusha as their numbers age and global nuclear tensions persist.