A-bomb survivor to visit NY for nuke-free appeal

OSAKA, Japan - Masakazu Saito, 90, tells of his experience in surviving the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at his home in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in October 2014, hoping to visit New York next spring to appeal for an end to nuclear arms. Saito, then an Imperial Japanese Army second lieutenant, was severely injured at a military barracks some 1.8 kilometers from the epicenter in downtown Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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