Japan releases documents related to Bikini H-bomb test

Japan releases documents related to Bikini H-bomb test

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Yamashita, executive director of the Kochi Prefecture Pacific Ocean Nuclear Test Suffering Support Center, speaks about the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014, after receiving related documents released by the Japanese government at the request of the group.

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