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Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
HIROSHIMA: Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence.With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, the anniversary is considered the last milestone event for many of them.“There will be nobody left to pass on this sad and painful experience in 10 years or 20 years,” Minoru Suzuto, a 94-year-old survivor, said after he kneeled down to pray at the cenotaph.
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theguardian.com
Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivor’s memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship
Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – have fallen below 100,000
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arabnews.com
Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
HIROSHIMA, Japan: Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining elderly Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear…
