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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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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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A-bomb survivors speak in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Shigeko Sasamori, a "Hiroshima Maiden" who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, speaks during an event at Brooklyn Friends School in New York on April 29, 2013.

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Hibakusha, ex-Hiroshima mayor awarded by NPO

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) and Shigeko Sasamori (L), a victim of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, pose for photos in Santa Barbara, California on Oct. 9, 2011, after receiving the Peace Leadership award and the World Citizenship award, respectively, from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a California-based nonprofit group, for their efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.

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Ex-Rengo chief Sasamori dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Kiyoshi Sasamori, a former chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo and a special advisor to the Cabinet, who died of pneumonia at the age of 70 on June 4, 2011.

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A-bomb survivor met Class-A war criminals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Sasamori, an atomic-bomb survivor, holds a paper board bearing signatures of 10 Japanese Class-A war criminals at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 13, 2010. Sasamori said she talked about the war with the war criminals during a special meeting at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison in 1952.

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A-bomb filmmaker concerned about 'direction Japan is taking

NEW YORK, United States - Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki (L), director of the highly-acclaimed documentary ''white Light/Black Rain,'' speaks with atomic bomb survivor Shigeko Sasamori, 75, (C) and Enola Gay navigator Theodore Van Kirk, 86, at a recent screening in New York.

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Takagi elected as new Rengo chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (L), head of UI Zensen Domei, and Kiyoshi Sasamori shake hands during an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after Takai is elected as new Rengo president to replace Sasamori.

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Rengo gives top priority to narrowing social disparity

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, addresses its annual general meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5.

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This year's wage talks to reflect big divide

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at a labor-management forum jointly sponsored Rengo and the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 13.

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(3)Over 100,000 attend Rengo's May Day rallies across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the nation's largest labor union group, addresses a May Day rally held in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29. Rengo used to hold May Day rallies on May 1. But in 2001, it started organizing the rallies on the first day of Japan's ''Golden Week'' holidays in a bid to draw more participants.

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(1)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) leader Kiyoshi Sasamori (3rd from L, front), with Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan (4th from L, front), takes to the streets after a Rengo-sponsored labor rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. The rally was held ahead of the March 17 announcements on wages by management of major companies.

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(2)Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, reelected president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 3. Sasamori, 62, easily beat challenger Tsuyoshi Takagi, 60, head of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions (UI Zensen Domei), Japan's largest private-sector union federation with about 784,000 members.

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Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 3 after being reelected Rengo president.

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(1)Rengo to focus on ensuring job security

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori speaks at the opening session of the organization's regular two-day convention in Tokyo on Oct. 2. He presented a policy plan focusing on ensuring job security rather than demanding a uniform wage increase.

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Gov't, Keidanren, Rengo agree to promote work sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from government, business and labor sectors compiled a document Dec. 4 aimed at ensuring job security in the deteriorating labor market by means such as promoting work sharing. The representatives -- (from R to L) Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi, and Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) -- held a news conference after their meeting in Tokyo.

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Rengo to forego uniform wage hike for 2nd consecutive year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a Central Committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 19. Rengo leaders proposed to foregoing a uniform wage hike during its 2003 annual wage negotiations for the second straight year amid Japan's prolonged economic slump.

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(1)Japan unions mark May Day with rallies

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting to mark May Day at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27.

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Gov't, labor, management reach accord on job-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (C) and Kiyoshi Sasamori (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shake hands March 29 after announcing an agreement to pave the way for introducing work-sharing amid Japan's deteriorating employment situation.

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Japanese trade union meets with employers' group

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L, standing), head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting of Rengo members and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 17. Nikkeiren chairman Hiroshi Okuda is on the far right.

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Rengo to give priority to job security

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L), president of the 7.6 million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting of the group's strategic committee meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 9. With the nation's jobless rate staying at record levels, the committee decided to give priority to job security in wage negotiations with management.

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Labor union chief Sasamori meets the media

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (C), new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5, flanked by acting President Yoshiyuki Ohara (L) and General Secretary Tadayoshi Kusano (R). Rengo provides a major support base for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Sasamori replaces Washio as president of Rengo labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at the close of its two-day annual meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Sasamori was elected president of the 7.61 million-strong organization to succeed Etsuya Washio, who is retiring.

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Rengo to give priority to job security

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L), president of the 7.6 million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting of the group's strategic committee meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 9. With the nation's jobless rate staying at record levels, the committee decided to give priority to job security in wage negotiations with management.

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Gov't, labor, management reach accord on job-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (C) and Kiyoshi Sasamori (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shake hands March 29 after announcing an agreement to pave the way for introducing work-sharing amid Japan's deteriorating employment situation.

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Labor union chief Sasamori meets the media

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (C), new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5, flanked by acting President Yoshiyuki Ohara (L) and General Secretary Tadayoshi Kusano (R). Rengo provides a major support base for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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(2)Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, reelected president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 3. Sasamori, 62, easily beat challenger Tsuyoshi Takagi, 60, head of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions (UI Zensen Domei), Japan's largest private-sector union federation with about 784,000 members. (Kyodo)

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Marine life research featured in English textbook in Japan

Kotoe Sasamori, a marine life researcher, poses in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19, 2015, with an English textbook for Japanese junior high school students featuring her years-long study on marine mammals such as orcas and dolphins, conducted mainly in waters off the northernmost Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-nuclear ship Golden Rule repaired in U.S. to sail again

Shigeko Sasamori (L), a Japanese survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and a resident in the United States, throws a champagne bottle against the refurbished Golden Rule during a launching ceremony in Humboldt Bay in California on June 20, 2015. Sasamori was joined by Kate Benton, daughter of Albert Bigelow who captained the ship and inspired a widespread struggle against nuclear arms tests in the 1950s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Part-timers forced to live severe life

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at a meeting of Japan's largest labor group to launch this spring labor offensive in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Takagi elected as new Rengo chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (L), head of UI Zensen Domei, and Kiyoshi Sasamori shake hands during an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after Takai is elected as new Rengo president to replace Sasamori. (Kyodo)

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Rengo gives top priority to narrowing social disparity

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, addresses its annual general meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. (Kyodo)

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Hibakusha, ex-Hiroshima mayor awarded by NPO

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) and Shigeko Sasamori (L), a victim of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, pose for photos in Santa Barbara, California on Oct. 9, 2011, after receiving the Peace Leadership award and the World Citizenship award, respectively, from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a California-based nonprofit group, for their efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Rengo chief Sasamori dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Kiyoshi Sasamori, a former chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo and a special advisor to the Cabinet, who died of pneumonia at the age of 70 on June 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivor met Class-A war criminals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Sasamori, an atomic-bomb survivor, holds a paper board bearing signatures of 10 Japanese Class-A war criminals at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 13, 2010. Sasamori said she talked about the war with the war criminals during a special meeting at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison in 1952. (Kyodo)

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(1)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) leader Kiyoshi Sasamori (3rd from L, front), with Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan (4th from L, front), takes to the streets after a Rengo-sponsored labor rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. The rally was held ahead of the March 17 announcements on wages by management of major companies. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan unions mark May Day with rallies

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting to mark May Day at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27.

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(3)Over 100,000 attend Rengo's May Day rallies across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the nation's largest labor union group, addresses a May Day rally held in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29. Rengo used to hold May Day rallies on May 1. But in 2001, it started organizing the rallies on the first day of Japan's ''Golden Week'' holidays in a bid to draw more participants. (Kyodo)

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Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 3 after being reelected Rengo president. (Kyodo)

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(1)Rengo to focus on ensuring job security

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori speaks at the opening session of the organization's regular two-day convention in Tokyo on Oct. 2. He presented a policy plan focusing on ensuring job security rather than demanding a uniform wage increase. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, Keidanren, Rengo agree to promote work sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from government, business and labor sectors compiled a document Dec. 4 aimed at ensuring job security in the deteriorating labor market by means such as promoting work sharing. The representatives -- (from R to L) Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi, and Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) -- held a news conference after their meeting in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Rengo to forego uniform wage hike for 2nd consecutive year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a Central Committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 19. Rengo leaders proposed to foregoing a uniform wage hike during its 2003 annual wage negotiations for the second straight year amid Japan's prolonged economic slump. (Kyodo)

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Sasamori replaces Washio as president of Rengo labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at the close of its two-day annual meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Sasamori was elected president of the 7.61 million-strong organization to succeed Etsuya Washio, who is retiring.