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Nagasaki and the Hibakusha Experience of Sumiteru Taniguchi: The Painful Struggles and Ultimate Triumphs of Nagasaki Hibakusha

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Sumiteru Taniguchi  and
Peter J. Kuznick
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Abstract

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Sumiteru Taniguchi was one of the “lucky” ones. He lived a long and productive life. He married and fathered two healthy children who gave him four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He had a long career in Japan's postal and telegraph services. As a leader in Japan's anti-nuclear movement, he addressed thousands of audiences and hundreds of thousands of people. Many of the more than 250,000 who lived in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 were not so lucky.

Keywords

Nagasakiatomic bombhibakushaSumiteru Taniguchithe atomic decision
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Research Article
Information
Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 18 , Issue 16 , August 2020 , e1
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