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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man holds up to look at a card made from one of the drawings of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities drawn by the hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, and their families displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man looks at photos of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12.

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Hiroshima after 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - File photo taken in August 1945 shows a devastated land in the western Japan city of Hiroshima after the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the city on Aug. 6. (Kyodo)

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Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security

STORY: Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Japan-U.S. talks 2. various of the protest 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): RYO MIYAHARA, Head of a Hiroshima citizens' group and one of the protests' organizers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): AKAMINE CHIAKI, College student from Okinawa STORYLINE: Japanese and U.S. top leaders on Thursday met in Hiroshima prior to the larger gathering of Group of Seven (G7) nations, overshadowed by protests and a tense atmosphere. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who holds the G7's rotating presidency and will host a three-day G7 summit which starts Friday, held talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday evening in the western Japanese city. Hiroshima, devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945, has seen intense demonstrations decrying the bloc days before the summit, while police officers from all over the natio

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors meet Japan PM Kishida

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R), Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pose for photo as they hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2023. The mayors of the two cities that suffered U.S. atomic bombings in 1945 asked Kishida to set up occasions for world leaders attending the upcoming summit of the Group of Seven nations in Hiroshima to visit A-bomb memorial museums in the cities or to talk with the victims on the sidelines of the summit.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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Online collection of A-bomb museums' items

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (C) cuts the ribbon during a ceremony with the Atomic Bomb Dome in the background in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 19, 2013, as Internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled the same day an online collection of items displayed at museums in Hiroshima and Nagasaki documenting the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of the cities.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Sayaka Takahashi from Ishinomaki, one of the cities most severely damaged by the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, speaks before departing aboard a ship from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 disaster, including Takahashi, departed on an 85-day around-the-world voyage organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeko Sasamori, who survived the 1945 U.S atomic bombing of Hiroshima at age 13, speaks before departing aboard a ship from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including Sasamori, and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, departed on an 85-day around-the-world voyage organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants of an 85-day voyage around the world, organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, pose for photos before departing from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are among the participants of the voyage to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A ship departs on an 85-day voyage around the world from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are among the participants of the voyage, organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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A-bomb survivors speak in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Clifton Truman Daniel, the grandson of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, speaks during an event at Brooklyn Friends School in New York on April 29, 2013.

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Truman grandson at Nagasaki ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), the eldest grandson of U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers silent prayers during a ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki marking the 67th anniversary of the attack on the southwestern Japanese city. He also attended the Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima.

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Truman grandson at Nagasaki ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel, the eldest grandson of U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, meets reporters at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2012, after attending a ceremony there marking the 67th anniversary of the attack on the southwestern Japanese city. He also attended the Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima.

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Truman's grandson in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers flowers at the cenotaph marking ground zero at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 7, 2012. Daniel is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies in the two cities.

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Truman's grandson in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, holds a press conference at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 7, 2012. Daniel is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies in the two cities.

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Truman's grandson in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (far R), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, listens to the tragic experience of a survivor (front) of the bombing of Nagasaki at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 7, 2012. Daniel is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies in the two cities.

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Ex-U.S. President Truman's grandson meets A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, meets a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a meeting at the University of Tokyo Komaba campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Aug. 3, 2012. Daniel, the 55-year-old grandson of the president who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies to be held in the two cities on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.

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Ex-U.S. President Truman's grandson meets A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (R), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, listens to the tragic experience of a survivor (L) of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a meeting at the University of Tokyo Komaba campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Aug. 3, 2012. Daniel, the 55-year-old grandson of the president who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies to be held in the two cities on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.

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Castro asks Japanese to tell of nuclear experience

HAVANA, Cuba - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) shakes hands with Hiroshi Nakamura (L), an atomic bombing survivor, in Havana on March 1, 2012. Castro took part in a gathering of Japanese atomic-bomb survivors organized by the Cuban government and a Japanese NGO that day in the Cuban capital and called on them to convey to the world their experiences regarding the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and the 1945 U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Castro asks Japanese to tell of nuclear experience

HAVANA, Cuba - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) wears a ''happi'' coat presented by a Japanese delegation in Havana on March 1, 2012. Castro took part in a gathering of Japanese atomic-bomb survivors organized by the Cuban government and a Japanese NGO that day in the Cuban capital and called on them to convey to the world their experiences regarding the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and the 1945 U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hiroshima doctors in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, speaks in Pyongyang on Oct. 12, 2011. Usui stressed the need to provide support for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities who currently reside in North Korea.

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Exhibition on A-bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Joji Fukahori (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, shows Russian students how to make paper cranes at the Saint-Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies on Aug. 29, 2011. The students were visiting an exhibition of materials from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that started there the same day. The 80-year-old Fukahori, who lost his mother and three siblings due to the atomic blast, shared his experiences with a Russian audience during the exhibit's opening ceremony.

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Film on double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi

LONDON, Britain - Members of the audience at the screening of two documentary films about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in London, on Aug. 16, 2011. A 2006 documentary film about Yamaguchi, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb,'' and its 2011 sequel, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb/The Testament of Yamaguchi Tsutomu,'' were screened at the venue.

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Film on double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in June 2009 shows Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The screening of a 2006 documentary film about him, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb,'' and its 2011 sequel, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb/The Testament of Yamaguchi Tsutomu,'' was held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in London, on Aug. 16, 2011.

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A-bomb survivors' accounts as English e-book

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three versions of ''No More Hiroshima Nagasaki,'' an electronic book containing 37 accounts of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which will be published on Aug. 1, 2011. On top is the Japanese version, on bottom is the English version and on left is Japanese with English translation.

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A-bomb exhibition in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) explains a display panel to visitors at a photo exhibition on the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Tribhuvan University in the suburbs of Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 18, 2011. Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav conferred the inaugural Gautam Buddha International Peace Award on Taue and former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba in recognition of their role as leaders of the global Mayors for Peace movement.

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Balloons for peace

OTSU, Japan - Worshippers release about 3,000 balloons into sky during an event to pray for peace and to console the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Mii Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2010. Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the bombing that day.

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Double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi dies at 93

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in June 2009 shows Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, sharing his experience at a gathering hosted by a peace organization in his hometown Nagasaki. Yamaguchi died on Jan. 4, 2010, of stomach cancer. He was 93.

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Double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi dies at 93

TOKYO, Japan - This 2006 file photo shows Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, who died of stomach cancer on Jan. 4, 2010. He was 93.

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Aso, sufferers of A-bomb-related illnesses sign relief measures

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during a news conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 after he and Sunao Tsuboi, head of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organization, signed an agreement. Under the accord, the government will provide a blanket resolution to all 306 plaintiffs who have sought recognition as suffering from illnesses caused by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Aso, sufferers of A-bomb-related illnesses sign relief measures

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Sunao Tsuboi, head of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organization, sign an agreement in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, under which the government will provide a blanket resolution to all 306 plaintiffs who have sought recognition as suffering from illnesses caused by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Atomic bomb survivors call for elimination of nukes at int'l meeting

WASHINGTON, Japan - (From L to R) Setsuko Thurlow, 77, and 80-year-old Mikiso Iwasa and Shoo Michigami -- survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- answer questions from reporters at a news conference in Washington D.C. on Feb. 14 after they called for the elimination of nuclear weapons at a meeting of an international nuclear nonproliferation commission there. Speaking for the first time before the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, the survivors sought a new trend toward nuclear arms abolition on the occasion of the launch last month of the administration of new U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Antinuclear groups start A-bomb anniversary events

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs, or Gensuikin, held an international forum in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 2 to mark the 63rd anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Participants adopted a resolution against the planned deployment of the U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier George Washington to the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka.

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Gov't not to appeal high court rulings on A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10. He said the government has decided not to appeal two high court rulings that backed A-bomb survivors seeking government recognition of their radiation-related illnesses stemming from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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High court certifies 9 as A-bomb illness sufferers

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs rejoice at a press conference after the Osaka High Court on May 30 certified nine people as sufferers of illnesses from radiation as a result of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The court declared illegal the government's decisions not to grant certification to them. The ruling represents the eighth straight loss for the central government in a series of court battles over the government certification of the victims of atomic bomb diseases.

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Overseas A-bomb sufferers exempted from visiting Japan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters of Choi Gye Chol, a South Korean atomic-bomb victim who died at a hospital in Pusan in July aged 78, celebrate at the entrance to the Nagasaki District Court on Sept. 28 after the court ruled atomic-bomb sufferers do not have to visit Japan to apply for allowance for victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings. Choi filed a lawsuit seeking nullification of the Nagasaki city government's decision to reject his application for the allowance. In 1980 the Japanese government granted him the right to receive support when he visited Japan, but the permission was invalidated later the same year after he left Japan for South Korea.

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Greek people rally against 1945 atomic bombings in Japan

ATHENS, Greece - Greek people rally in Athens against the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 5, one day before the 59th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6.

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A-bomb survivors sue gov't for refusing victim status

TOKYO, Japan - Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki head to the Tokyo District Court on May 27 to file suits against the central government seeking a revocation of its decision not to recognize them as radiation victims as well as 3 million yen each in compensation.

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(2)A-bomb survivors sue gov't for refusing victim status

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs and their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to file their suits against the central government seeking a revocation of its decision not to recognize them as radiation victims. Suits were filed by 21 survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japan in Tokyo, Chiba and Osaka prefectures.

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76 A-bomb survivors seek recognition of sickness

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The man and woman at the table in the Hiroshima municipal office July 9 are among 76 survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who asked eight prefectural governments the same day to recognize them as sufferers of radiation-induced illnesses. The applicants will be eligible for special medical benefits if the local governments recognize that their diseases were caused by exposure to atomic bombing radiation.

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Overseas A-bomb sufferers exempted from visiting Japan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters of Choi Gye Chol, a South Korean atomic-bomb victim who died at a hospital in Pusan in July aged 78, celebrate at the entrance to the Nagasaki District Court on Sept. 28 after the court ruled atomic-bomb sufferers do not have to visit Japan to apply for allowance for victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings. Choi filed a lawsuit seeking nullification of the Nagasaki city government's decision to reject his application for the allowance. In 1980 the Japanese government granted him the right to receive support when he visited Japan, but the permission was invalidated later the same year after he left Japan for South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Gov't not to appeal high court rulings on A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10. He said the government has decided not to appeal two high court rulings that backed A-bomb survivors seeking government recognition of their radiation-related illnesses stemming from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Kyodo)

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Atomic bomb survivors call for elimination of nukes at int'l meet

WASHINGTON, Japan - (From L to R) Setsuko Thurlow, 77, and 80-year-old Mikiso Iwasa and Shoo Michigami -- survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- answer questions from reporters at a news conference in Washington D.C. on Feb. 14 after they called for the elimination of nuclear weapons at a meeting of an international nuclear nonproliferation commission there. Speaking for the first time before the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, the survivors sought a new trend toward nuclear arms abolition on the occasion of the launch last month of the administration of new U.S. President Barack Obama. (Kyodo)