40-yr-old museum on H-bomb test-hit boat continues nuke-free quest

40-yr-old museum on H-bomb test-hit boat continues nuke-free quest

Matashichi Oishi (R), 82, a former crew member of Japanese tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5, speaks in front of students at Miwada Girls' Junior and Senior High School in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. Next to him is Mari Ichida, 48, a curator of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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