Japanese victims of 1954 U.S. H-bomb test enraged by N. Korea

Japanese victims of 1954 U.S. H-bomb test enraged by N. Korea

Matashichi Oishi, a 81-year-old former crew member of the fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was exposed to radioactive fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific, speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, about the alleged North Korean hydrogen bomb test. He said, "If (the bomb is) used, it is the end of humankind. I know the horror of it as a person who experienced it." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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