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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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Tanizaki's letters to be published in January 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) is seen in this file photo taken in 1958. A collection of letters containing unreleased letters exchanged among Tanizaki, his wife Matsuko and her sister Shigeko will be published in January 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of Tanizaki's death.

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Tanizaki's letter to sister-in-law Shigeko

TOKYO, Japan - A letter written by renowned Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) to his sister-in-law Shigeko is seen in this photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. A collection of letters including letters exchanged among Tanizaki, his wife Matsuko and Shigeko will be published in January 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of Tanizaki's death.

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Expert discusses Tanizaki's unreleased letters

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University professor Shunji Chiba speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, about unreleased letters exchanged among renowned Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965), his wife Matsuko and her sister Shigeko. The letters will be included in a collection of letters to be published in January 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of Tanizaki's death.

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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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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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3 Japanese leave Syria to join 'human shields' in Baghdad

DAMASCUS, Syria - Three Japanese, including Shigeko Takayabu (L), an assistant nurse from Kobe, leave a Damascus hotel for Baghdad on April 1 to serve as ''human shields'' against the U.S. war on Iraq.

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4 family members believed killed in Kumamoto fire

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A morning fire guts the two-story house of Shinichi Saruwatari in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Feb. 4. It allegedly killed Sakuwatari, his wife Shigeko, their 3-year-old daughter Ayami and 4-month-old son Shoji.

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Kuroi Ame; Black Rain (1989)

Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura & Etsuko Ichihara Characters: Yasuko,Shigematsu Shizuma & Shigeko Shizuma Film: Kuroi Ame; Black Rain (JP 1989) Director: Shohei Imamura 13 May 1989 Date: 13 May 1989

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Nagasaki A-bombing survivor prays for peace

Shigeko Iwamoto, 86, offers her prayer in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki holding many paper cranes dedicated to her late fiends on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman in Nagasaki offers paper cranes for friends

Shigeko Iwamoto, 86, offers 7,000 folded paper cranes at a memorial facility dedicated to victims of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. She has made cranes every year since 10 years ago in memory of her friends who died while working at the same factory as she did when the bomb was dropped. (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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Seared lunchbox, other relics reveal scars of A-bomb attack on Hiroshima

A photo taken May 13, 2016 shows a lunch box that belonged to Shigeru Orimen, a student who died age 13, in the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The contents of the box were charred in the ensuring conflagration. The item was donated by Shigeko Orimen. These and other artifacts showing the consequences of the nuclear attack are housed at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (Kyodo) ==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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4 family members believed killed in Kumamoto fire

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A morning fire guts the two-story house of Shinichi Saruwatari in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Feb. 4. It allegedly killed Sakuwatari, his wife Shigeko, their 3-year-old daughter Ayami and 4-month-old son Shoji.

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Tanizaki's letters to be published in January 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) is seen in this file photo taken in 1958. A collection of letters containing unreleased letters exchanged among Tanizaki, his wife Matsuko and her sister Shigeko will be published in January 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of Tanizaki's death. (Kyodo)

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Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine for 2018, walks with his wife Shigeko to a banquet dinner hosted by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on Dec. 11, the same year. They both wore Japanese kimono. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine for 2018, walks with his wife Shigeko to a banquet dinner hosted by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on Dec. 11, the same year. They both wore Japanese kimono. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and his wife Shigeko (R) attend the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (2nd from L), a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, talks with Swedish Princess Christina during the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. Seen on the far right is Honjo's wife Shigeko. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo, alongside his wife Shigeko, poses with his Nobel medal for physiology or medicine in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo, a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, leaves a hotel with his wife Shigeko in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018, to attend the award ceremony. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo, a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, leaves a hotel with his wife Shigeko in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018, to attend the award ceremony. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel medicine winner Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo poses for photos with his wife Shigeko after his Nobel Lecture in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Honjo's wife in Stockholm

Nobel medicine-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo's wife, Shigeko, is pictured upon her arrival at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 5, 2018, for her husband's award ceremony on Dec. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Honjo

Tasuku Honjo (L), a Kyoto University professor and the joint winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends a celebration party with his wife Shigeko at the Swedish ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Honjo wins Nobel medicine prize

Tasuku Honjo, a 76-year-old Kyoto University professor and the joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends a press conference along with his 75-year-old wife, Shigeko, in Kyoto on Oct. 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Honjo wins Nobel medicine prize

Tasuku Honjo, a 76-year-old Kyoto University professor and the joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends a press conference along with his 75-year-old wife, Shigeko, in Kyoto on Oct. 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 Japanese leave Syria to join 'human shields' in Baghdad

DAMASCUS, Syria - Three Japanese, including Shigeko Takayabu (L), an assistant nurse from Kobe, leave a Damascus hotel for Baghdad on April 1 to serve as ''human shields'' against the U.S. war on Iraq. (Kyodo)