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A-bomb survivors' group marks 60th anniversary of founding

HIROSHIMA, May 29 Kyodo - Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, speaks in a meeting in Hiroshima on May 29, 2016, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, known as Hidankyo. Tsuboi was invited to a ceremony in the western Japan city two days earlier to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Protest against enhanced role for Japan's armed forces

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Sunao Tsuboi, director of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organization, criticizes the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a protest in Hiroshima, Japan, on July 1, 2014, after the Cabinet approved reinterpreting the Constitution to allow the Self-Defense Forces to defend allies under armed attack in collective self-defense. The decision marked a departure from Japan's postwar security policy despite criticism that its pacifist credo would be in danger.

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Dalai Lama in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Dalai Lama (C, L), the Tibetan spiritual leader, speaks to Sunao Tsuboi (C, R), an atomic-bomb survivor, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Nov. 15, 2010. Tsuboi is a co-leader of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations which received the special award by the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.

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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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Japan wins gold medal in biathlon men's relay

IWAKI, Japan - Members of Japan's biathlon relay team -- (From L to R) Tatsumi Kasahara, Hironao Meguro, Kyoji Suga and Sunao Noto -- celebrate their victory in the men's 4x7.5-kilometer relay of the Winter Asian Games at Iwaki General Athletic on Feb. 7.

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Japan's Meguro wins biathlon 12.5-km pursuit

IWAKI, Japan - Hironao Meguro (front) of Japan wins the biathlon men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit at the Winter Asian Games in Iwaki, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 5. In background is silver medalist Sunao Noto, also of Japan.

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivor, campaigner Tsuboi dies

Photo taken May 27, 2016 shows Sunao Tsuboi, an influential campaigner for nuclear disarmament who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, shaking hands with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Tsuboi, who served as a chairperson of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, died on Oct. 24, 2021, at the age of 96.

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivor, campaigner Tsuboi dies

File photo taken Feb. 20, 2017, shows Sunao Tsuboi, an influential campaigner for nuclear disarmament who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Tsuboi died on Oct. 24, 2021, at the age of 96.

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Japan's Meguro wins biathlon 12.5-km pursuit

IWAKI, Japan - Hironao Meguro (front) of Japan wins the biathlon men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit at the Winter Asian Games in Iwaki, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 5. In background is silver medalist Sunao Noto, also of Japan.

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Starts a New Era in Japan and China - Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping Visits Japan

Premier Deng Xiaoping Fu of the Chinese government visited Japan. A reconciliation ceremony was held at the Imperial Palace. The plane carrying Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping arrives at Haneda Airport on October 22, Deng Xiaoping descends the ramp, the welcome ceremony at the State Guest House, children from Gakushuin Elementary School wave Japanese flags, the exchange of treaty ratification certificates in the hall of the Prime Minister's Office, the reconciliation ceremony at the Imperial Palace, the welcome banquet, Deng Xiaoping's visit to Kakuei Tanaka's residence Deng Xiaoping visits Kakuei Tanaka's residence, Deng Xiaoping inspects the Nissan Motor factory, and the meeting with the Emperor of Japan. Please contact us for details.

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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (front R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front L) talk with Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, while Shigeaki Mori (far L), a 79-year-old survivor, looks on, in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama meets with hibakusha in Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) looks on, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama meets with hibakusha in Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) looks on, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama meets with hibakusha in Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. In his speech, Obama, the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city, talked of the need to pursue a world without nuclear weapons. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivor to attend Hiroshima event for Obama visit

Sunao Tsuboi, a senior official of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations known as Hidankyo, meets with reporters on May 27, 2016, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Tsuboi is scheduled to attend an event there, during which U.S. President Barack Obama will lay flowers as the first sitting president to visit the atomic-bombed city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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At least 3 A-bomb survivors to attend Obama Hiroshima visit event

Undated combined photo shows (From L) Sunao Tsuboi, Mikiso Iwasa and Terumi Tanaka, who were in Hiroshima or Nagasaki during the U.S. atomic bombings in August 1945. At least those three will attend an event on May 27, 2016 at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, where President Barack Obama is expected to lay flowers as the first sitting U.S. head of state to visit the city, according to officials of atomic bomb survivors' groups. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama to visit Hiroshima

Sunao Tsuboi, head of an association of atomic bomb victims, talks with reporters in Hiroshima on May 10, 2016, about U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to the western Japan city. "I expect the president to show in Hiroshima what we should do for the happiness of human beings, rather than offering an apology," Tsuboi, 91, said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Meeting of second-generation hibakusha held in Hiroshima

A regular meeting of the committee of second-generation hibakusha of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (chaired by Sunao Tsuboi) is held in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 20, 2015. It presented an interim report on the health conditions of 1,198 people whose parents were exposed to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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After Obama's visit, Hiroshima reaffirms its role toward nuke-free world

Sunao Tsuboi, an atomic bomb survivor and one of the chairpersons of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, on June 30, 2016, in Hiroshima talks about his exchanges with U.S. President Barack Obama during the latter's visit to the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima man recalls ordeal of being unconscious for 50 days after A-bombing

Sunao Tsuboi, 90, recounts his experience of losing consciousness following the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima for 50 days until Sept. 25 during an interview in the western Japanese city on June 26, 2015. It was 41 days after the end of World War II that that he came back to life. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against enhanced role for Japan's armed forces

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Sunao Tsuboi, director of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organization, criticizes the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a protest in Hiroshima, Japan, on July 1, 2014, after the Cabinet approved reinterpreting the Constitution to allow the Self-Defense Forces to defend allies under armed attack in collective self-defense. The decision marked a departure from Japan's postwar security policy despite criticism that its pacifist credo would be in danger. (Kyodo)

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Dalai Lama in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Dalai Lama (C, L), the Tibetan spiritual leader, speaks to Sunao Tsuboi (C, R), an atomic-bomb survivor, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Nov. 15, 2010. Tsuboi is a co-leader of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations which received the special award by the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. (Kyodo)

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Japan emperor's family at charity screening

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko attend a charity screening of "In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World," an animation depicting wartime daily lives of citizens in Hiroshima, in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2019. Director Sunao Katabuchi and Non who did voice acting of the story's main character can be seen on the far left and right, respectively on the row. (Pool Photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan emperor's family at charity screening

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko attend a charity screening of "In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World," an animation depicting wartime daily lives of citizens in Hiroshima, in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2019. Director Sunao Katabuchi and Non who did voice acting of the story's main character can be seen on the far left and right, respectively on the row. (Pool Photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign Minister Sonoda's U.S. trip in 1979

Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (L) briefs Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira at the premier's office in Tokyo in April 1979 of his trip to the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivor urges Trump to ponder from all-humanity perspective

Sunao Tsuboi, the 91-year-old head of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organization, makes comments in Hiroshima on Jan. 21, 2017, after Donald Trump's inaugural address as U.S. president. "While he only talked about America first, I want him to think based on all mankind," Tsuboi said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bombed cities, survivors call for Trump to visit

Sunao Tsuboi, head of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organization, voices hope in Hiroshima on Nov. 9, 2016 that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will work to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as survivors of the 1945 atomic bombs, called for Trump to visit -- as Barack Obama did -- to learn about the damage caused by the nuclear attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indonesian pair win World Cosplay Championship in Nagoya

The Indonesian pair perform as characters from "Trinity Blood," an anime series based on a series of light novels by Japan's Sunao Yoshida, at the World Cosplay Championship in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 7, 2016. The pair, among cosplayers from 30 countries and regions, won the event that started in 2003 to promote international exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indonesian pair win World Cosplay Championship in Nagoya

The Indonesian pair (C in front) are congratulated by cosplayers after winning the World Cosplay Championship in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 7, 2016. They won the event with their performance as characters from "Trinity Blood," an anime series based on a series of light novels by Japan's Sunao Yoshida. Cosplayers from 30 countries and regions took part in the event that started in 2003 to promote international exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan wins gold medal in biathlon men's relay

IWAKI, Japan - Members of Japan's biathlon relay team -- (From L to R) Tatsumi Kasahara, Hironao Meguro, Kyoji Suga and Sunao Noto -- celebrate their victory in the men's 4x7.5-kilometer relay of the Winter Asian Games at Iwaki General Athletic on Feb. 7. (Kyodo)