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70th anniv. of Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

MAJURO, Marshall Islands, March 1 Kyodo - Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine speaks at a ceremony in the capital Majuro on March 1, 2024, marking the 70th anniversary of a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll. (Kyodo)

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70th anniv. of Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine speaks at a ceremony in the capital Majuro on March 1, 2024, marking the 70th anniversary of a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll.

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Marshall Islands president Hilda Heine

Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, gives an interview with Kyodo News in Majuro in the Pacific nation on Feb. 28, 2024.

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Marshall Islands president Hilda Heine

Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, gives an interview with Kyodo News in Majuro in the Pacific nation on Feb. 28, 2024.

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Bikini nuclear test 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Rose Gottemoeller (far L), acting U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, delivers a speech during a memorial program in Majuro, the capital of Marshall Islands, on March 1, 2014, the 60th anniversary of a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll.

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Bikini nuclear test marks 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (C), a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, shakes hands with a Marshallese survivor (L) in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on March 1, 2014, the 60th anniversary of the test. To the right is Kaede Nagashima, a Japanese university student from Fukushima, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Rongelap women sing in honor of H-bomb test victims

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Women from Rongelap Atoll sing a song about missing their native island during an event held March 1, 2014 in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, in honor of victims of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll.

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Bikini nuclear test marks 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation chairperson Yasuyoshi Komizo makes a speech on March 1, 2014, during a memorial ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic.

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Japanese survivor of H-bomb test meets U.S. official

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (L), a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by the nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll, chats with Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands on March 1, 2014.

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Japan fisherman exposed to Bikini nuke fallout recalls ordeal

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Former Japanese fisherman Matashichi Oishi speaks of his exposure to nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll at a school in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on Feb. 27, 2014. He was aboard the Fukuryu Maru No.5 near the atoll at that time.

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Japanese survivor of Bikini nuclear test speaks 60 years on

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (R), a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from a 1954 U.S. H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, speaks during a memorial ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the test in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on March 1, 2014.

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Bikini nuclear test 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Nerje Joseph (R), 65, a Marshallese survivor of the 1954 powerful nuclear test by the United States at Bikini Atoll, shakes hands with Matashichi Oishi (C), 80, a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the bomb test, when they meet in Majuro, the capital of Marshall Islands, on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Marshall Islands president speaks with Kyodo News

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, in February 2014.

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Hiroshima mayor's letter handed to Marshall Islands president

MAJURO, Republic of Marshall Islands - Yasuyoshi Komizo (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, presents a letter from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui to President Christopher Loeak of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific republic's capital of Majuro on Feb. 27, 2014, before the 60th anniversary on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test, codenamed "Bravo," at Bikini Atoll.

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Japanese survivor of 1954 nuclear test

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (C), a former Japanese fisherman who survived a nuclear bomb test by the United States in 1954 in the South Pacific country of Marshall Islands, meets with students of a local school in the capital Majuro on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Fukushima students visit Marshall Islands

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Keiko Takahashi (L front), 24, a law student at Fukushima University, talks to Dean Langinbelik, a local assemblyman in the Marshall Islands, in the capital Majuro on Feb. 25, 2014. Takahashi and three other university students from Japan are undertaking a weeklong tour of the Marshall Islands to share their experience about the nuclear disaster in Fukushima and learn about the Marshallese struggle in the aftermath of U.S. nuclear testing there 60 years ago.

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Survivor of 1954 U.S. nuclear test still unable to return home

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Photo taken Jan. 21, 2014 shows Lemeyo Abon, survivor of radioactive fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, living in Majuro, the capital of the island nation, 600 kilometers south of her native Rongelap Atoll. Abon is still unable to return home 60 years after the United States detonated the bomb code-named "Bravo."

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Marshall Islands president

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Christopher Loeak, president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the capital Majuro on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Jendrik Leviticus, a former resident of Bikini Island in the Pacific, looks at the empty lot where his house formerly stood on the island during a temporary visit on Aug. 27, 2011. The 77-year-old doctor now living in Majuro branded U.S. nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s ''unforgivable,'' as they deprived Bikini islanders of their homes and health.

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Japan city offers Bikini Atoll peace city alliance

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Hiroshi Shimizu (L), mayor of the city of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, and Bikinian mayor Alson Kelen shake hands in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific, on Aug. 20, 2011. The Japanese mayor offered Bikini Atoll an alliance to promote bids for peace building by the two municipalities which have been affected by U.S. nuclear tests since the mid-20th century.

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(3)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands President Kessai Note speaks at the 50th anniversary in Majuro on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

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(1)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - The 50th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific is marked in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, on March l.

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(2)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall islanders on March 1 march to a site in Majuro to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

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Citizens of nuclear-bombed Marshall Islands yearn for Obama visit

In this Feb. 2014 photo, Nerje Joseph, now 68, a Marshall Islands national who was affected by a 1954 U.S. nuclear bomb test in her country's Bikini Atoll, shows a photo in the capital Majuro of her young self suffering from radiation exposure. Joseph and other residents of the tiny Pacific island country are yearning for a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama after learning that he is visiting Hiroshima, Japan, to campaign for a nuclear free world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Jendrik Leviticus, a former resident of Bikini Island in the Pacific, looks at the empty lot where his house formerly stood on the island during a temporary visit on Aug. 27, 2011. The 77-year-old doctor now living in Majuro branded U.S. nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s ''unforgivable,'' as they deprived Bikini islanders of their homes and health. (Kyodo)

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Japan city offers Bikini Atoll peace city alliance

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Hiroshi Shimizu (L), mayor of the city of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, and Bikinian mayor Alson Kelen shake hands in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific, on Aug. 20, 2011. The Japanese mayor offered Bikini Atoll an alliance to promote bids for peace building by the two municipalities which have been affected by U.S. nuclear tests since the mid-20th century. (Kyodo)

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(2)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall islanders on March 1 march to a site in Majuro to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. (Kyodo)

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(1)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - The 50th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific is marked in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, on March l. (Kyodo)

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Marshall Islands commits to a "world without nuclear weapons" goal

Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2017 shows Lemeyo Abon, a survivor of radioactive fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonated on the Bikini Atoll, during an interview at her home in Majuro, Marshall Islands. Abon passed away on Feb. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marshall Islands commits to a "world without nuclear weapons" goal

Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2017 shows Lemeyo Abon, a survivor of radioactive fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonated on the Bikini Atoll, during an interview at her home in Majuro, Marshall Islands. Abon passed away on Feb. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marshall Islands' traditional handicrafts

Workers create traditional handicrafts at a shop in Majuro, the Marshall Islands, on Nov. 29, 2017. While the Marshallese had a handicraft tradition before the Japanese occupation of the islands in 1914, they have adopted the Japanese word "amimono" up to this day to refer to handicraft products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marshall Islands' traditional handicrafts

Gradle Alfred shows off handicrafts at her shop in Majuro, the Marshall Islands, on Nov. 29, 2017. While the Marshallese had a handicraft tradition before the Japanese occupation of the islands in 1914, they have adopted the Japanese word "amimono" up to this day to refer to handicraft products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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President of Marshall Islands

Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, gives an interview in Majuro on Dec. 1, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands President Kessai Note speaks at the 50th anniversary in Majuro on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. (Kyodo)