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A Problem for all Humanity: Nagasaki Writer Hayashi Kyoko Probes the Dangers of Nuclear Energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Justin Aukema
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Aukema explains that renowned author and atomic-bomb survivor HAYASHI Kyoko is expanding her long-time criticism of nuclear weapons to include nuclear power. Survivors of the atomic bombs, such as Hayashi, are known as hibakusha. They often had to struggle to obtain assistance, or even recognition, from the government for their radiation-induced suffering. The voices of the hibakusha are an important addition to the discussion of nuclear power; their experience in 1945 give their statements a large impact in the twenty-first century.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 11 , Special Issue S5: Course Reader No. 5. Public Opinion on Nuclear Power in Japan after the Fukushima Disaster , January 2013 , pp. 66 - 78
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