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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Photo taken in Oslo on Dec. 9, 2024, shows candles placed by "hibakusha" atomic bomb survivors and locals to create an image of a folded-paper crane on the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man holds up to look at a card made from one of the drawings of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities drawn by the hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, and their families displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

Portraits of hibakusha, or survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Japanese cities, are exhibited at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, for the center's latest Nobel Peace Prize exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the center on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12.

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ICAN executive director in Tokyo

Melissa Parke (R), executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, speaks during a forum with Japanese lawmakers and hibakusha in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2024.

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ICAN executive director in Tokyo

Melissa Parke, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, attends a forum with Japanese lawmakers and hibakusha in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2024.

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Peace Boat Hibakusha Project

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki participating in the Peace Boat Orizuru Project pose for photos in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 24, 2014, after returning from a 104-day journey visiting 18 countries to campaign against what they consider the inhumanity of nuclear weapons.

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A-bomb survivor publishes book, warns of radiation damage

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mitsuo Kodama, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima from within a 1-kilometer radius from the hypocenter and was exposed to an extremely high dosage of approximately 4,600 millisieverts of radiation, poses in front of the Atomic Dome in Hiroshima with his book "Hibakusha, Hiroshima karano Message" (Hibakusha, Message from Hiroshima) on March 25, 2014.

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S. Korean hibakusha talks with Japanese student

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean woman (R), who lives in a rest home for atomic bomb survivors in South Korea, speaks with a Japanese high school student in Hapcheon County, South Korea, on March 29, 2014.

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S. Korean consul in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Sin Hyong Gun (L), the South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, offers a prayer in front of the cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 26, 2014. The 60-year-old diplomat -- a second-generation "hibakusha" survivor of the atomic bombing -- ended his stint as consul general the same day.

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New names of Nagasaki A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Masahiro Tanigawa (R), a "hibakusha" atomic bombing survivor and former employee of the Nagasaki city government, and Takako Morita, a second-generation hibakusha and calligraphy master, add the names of newly confirmed victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on a list, an annual task conducted by the city, at Nagasaki city hall in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 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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Hiroshima's call for nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks at a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. Akiba called for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons within the lifetime of the hibakusha atomic-bomb survivors, whose average age is now over 75.

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Film about A-bomb survivors premiers at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - A film that follows more than 100 atomic bomb survivors as they travel around the world on the ''Peace Boat'' premiered at U.N. headquarters on Oct. 26, 2009. Directed by Costa Rica's Erika Bagnarello, the film, ''FLASHES OF HOPE: Hibakusha Traveling the World,'' captured the voices of 103 victims of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

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Refusal to pay benefits to overseas 'hibakusha' declared illegal

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs rejoice in front of the Japanese Supreme Court on Nov. 1 after the court ruled that the Japanese government's refusal to provide healthcare benefits to ''hibakusha'' atomic-bomb survivors living abroad is illegal.

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Study finds no genetic effects of radiation in hibakusha offspring

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshiteru Okubo (R), chairman of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, speaks at a news conference in Hiroshima on Feb. 28, after the foundation released a study concluding that there is no evidence linking the degree of radiation exposure suffered by people in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima or Nagasaki and lifestyle-induced illnesses among their children.

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Court awards 800,000 yen to deceased S. Korean A-bomb sufferer

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nobuto Hirano (C), leader of a Japanese support group for a deceased atomic bomb sufferer from South Korea and his relatives, attends a news conference in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. Earlier, the Nagasaki District Court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay about 800,000 yen to his relatives who had demanded that the Japanese and Nagasaki city governments pay 9.6 million yen in hibakusha allowances for the past 24 years and in solatium.

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Court awards 800,000 yen to family of deceased A-bomb sufferer

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters for the cause of deceased atomic bomb survivor Choi Gye Chol of South Korea hold up banners saying ''winning lawsuit'' in front of the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. The court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay to Choi's family about 800,000 yen in solatium and allowances for ''hibakusha'' survivors for the past 24 years.

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Court awards 800,000 yen to family of deceased A-bomb survivor

NAGASAKI, Japan - A supporter for the cause of deceased atomic bomb survivor Choi Gye Chol of South Korea holds up Choi's photo while entering the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Dec. 20. The court ordered the Nagasaki municipal government to pay to Choi's family about 800,000 yen in solatium and allowances for ''hibakusha'' survivors for the past 24 years.

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(2)Hibakusha use NPT confab as platform to promote peace message

New York, United States - An exhibition featuring the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ends at the United Nations Headquarters on May 27.

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(1)Hibakusha use NPT confab as platform to promote peace message

New York, United States - Satoru Konishi, international director of Hidankyo, a confederation of A-bomb and H-bomb sufferers, recounts events on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped an A-bomb on Hiroshima, for some 200 high school students in New York on May 23.

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Japan film on Hiroshima A-bomb 'Face of Jizo' premieres in U.S.

BOSTON, United States - A Japanese film depicting the struggles of a Japanese woman, who survives the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, premiered in the United States on April 21 at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology theater as part of the Global Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) Film Festival being held in Boston on April 14-24. Photo shows A-bomb survivors responding to questions from the film audience after the show.

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(1)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, walks into the Osaka High Court on Dec. 5. The court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. It is the first high court ruling to recognize that atomic-bomb survivors or ''hibakusha'' living abroad are eligible to receive the allowance based on the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law on the same terms as those living in Japan.

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2 Indian girls meet 'hibakusha'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Two Indian teenage girls (L) meet a ''hibakusha,'' the name given to those who suffer from ailments related to radiation exposure from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, at Hiroshima A-Bomb Hospital on Aug. 5. The girls are part of a group of eight teenagers from India and Pakistan visiting at the invitation of a Japanese nongovernment organization campaigning against nuclear tests.

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Nagasaki marks 53rd anniversary of atomic bombing

Nagasaki citizens mark the 53rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city Aug. 9, renewing their commitment to create a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Health and Welfare Minister Sohei Miyashita, Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko and Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito joined the ''hibakusha'' atomic-bomb survivors and bereaved family members attending an annual Peace Memorial Ceremony at Peace Park in the western Japanese city.

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