A-bomb survivor calls for abolition of nuke weapons in N.Y.

Tomiko West Morimoto addresses an international peace conference in New York on Aug. 5, 2015, to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. She was exposed to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan, on the same day (Aug. 6 JST) 70 years ago when she was 13 years old. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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