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hibakusha

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hibakusha
[hē′bäko̅o̅′shä]
Etymology: Japanese
people who were exposed to the atomic bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


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Akiba said in a statement that the centre-left premier had signalled "a leading role in acting on the wishes of the hibakusha (atom-bomb sufferers), which is that 'we must never inflict this agony on anyone else.
Back in March, Yamaguchi became the first person to be officially recognised as a nijuu hibakusha -- a dual A- bomb survivor.
The abolition of nuclear weapons is the will not only of the hibakusha but also of the vast majority of people and nations on this planet," said the mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba, head of the international group Mayors for Peace.
 
 
 
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