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Hiroshima A-bomb museum head Hataguchi to retire

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi (file photo), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, will leave the museum April 1, the Hiroshima prefectural government said March 29. When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II, Hataguchi was exposed to radiation in his mother's womb.

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(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi, head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, on May 26 resets the Peace Watch, which indicates the number of days elapsing since a nuclear test was conducted anywhere in the world, to zero from 249 days after an overnight U.S. subcritical nuclear test.

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Next U.N. assembly head visits Hiroshima peace museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. General Assembly President-designate Jean Ping of Gabon (2nd from L) listens to an explanation by Minoru Hataguchi (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, at the museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 21.

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Hiroshima peace museum records 50 mil. visitors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shigeru Taniguchi (R) from Tokushima, southwestern Japan, becomes the 50 millionth visitor to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima. He was given souvenirs by museum director Minoru Hataguchi (L). The museum, opened in 1955, displays photos and objects related to the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

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(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi, head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, on May 26 resets the Peace Watch, which indicates the number of days elapsing since a nuclear test was conducted anywhere in the world, to zero from 249 days after an overnight U.S. subcritical nuclear test. (Kyodo)

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Next U.N. assembly head visits Hiroshima peace museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. General Assembly President-designate Jean Ping of Gabon (2nd from L) listens to an explanation by Minoru Hataguchi (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, at the museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 21. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima A-bomb museum head Hataguchi to retire

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi (file photo), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, will leave the museum April 1, the Hiroshima prefectural government said March 29. When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II, Hataguchi was exposed to radiation in his mother's womb. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima peace museum records 50 mil. visitors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shigeru Taniguchi (R) from Tokushima, southwestern Japan, becomes the 50 millionth visitor to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima. He was given souvenirs by museum director Minoru Hataguchi (L). The museum, opened in 1955, displays photos and objects related to the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. (Kyodo)