Looking back at one of the group’s leading figures as Nihon Hidankyo marks 70 years
Mikiso Iwasa, who served as co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, spent his life working for survivors of the 1945 atomic bombs while urging the world to abolish nuclear weapons.
On the 70th anniversary of its founding, Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, is calling for a world free of nuclear weapons. At a news conference held near the hypocenter of the atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, co-chair Terumi Tanaka, 94, reflected on the group's origins.
Tanaka, a university student at the time, witnessed the movement's birth. "Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) across Japan launched a vigorous campaign," he stated. "The hope of hibakusha is that the world never acquire nuclear weapons."
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