Nagasaki A-bombing survivor urges nuke arms abolition at N.Y. meeting

Shigemitsu Tanaka, a 74-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons at a meeting held in New York on April 27, 2015, by Mayors for Peace, a global nongovernmental organization of cities aiming to realize a nuclear-free world. Tanaka branded nuclear weapons "inhumane devil weapons." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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