Original data used by Japan to identify Hiroshima A-bomb found

Original data used by Japan to identify Hiroshima A-bomb found

Akira Masaike, professor emeritus at Kyoto University, speaks in an interview in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on June 26, 2015, about his surprising discovery of the original documents of data based on a survey of Hiroshima immediately after the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city in 1945 from among personal belongings of the late Kyoto Imperial University physics professor Bunsaku Arakatsu. Documents seen in the photo are copies of the originals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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