Influential Nagasaki A-bomb survivor Taniguchi dies at 88

Influential Nagasaki A-bomb survivor Taniguchi dies at 88

File photo taken in May 2010 shows A-bomb survivor Sumiteru Taniguchi giving a speech at the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York with a picture of himself suffering from severe burns caused by the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Taniguchi died of duodenal papilla cancer on Aug. 30, 2017, at age 88. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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