Ex-fisherman exposed to 1954 U.S. nuke test dies at 87

Ex-fisherman exposed to 1954 U.S. nuke test dies at 87

Photo taken in April 2015 shows Matashichi Oishi, a former crew member of the Japanese tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was exposed to radioactive fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, at its exhibition hall in Tokyo. Oishi died of pneumonia on March 7, 2021.

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