(UPDATE) HIROSHIMA, Japan — Just like the dwindling group of survivors now recognized with a Nobel prize, the residents of Hiroshima hope that the world never forgets the atomic bombing of 1945, now more than ever.
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Just like the dwindling group of survivors now recognized with a Nobel prize, the residents of Hiroshima hope that the world never forgets the atomic bombing of 1945, now more than ever.Susumu Ogawa, 84, was five when the bomb dropped by the United States all but obliterated the southwestern Japanese city 79 years ago, and many in his family were among the 140,000 people killed.
''Tension in East Asia is intensifying so we have to boost anti-nuclear movement,' he told AFP.Kiyoharu Bajo, 69, a retired business consultant, decided to take in the atmosphere of the site after the 'great thing' that was the Nobel award.With Ukraine and the Middle East, the world 'faces crises that we've not experienced since the Second World War in terms of nuclear weapons,' he told AFP.
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