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A-bomb survivors collect signatures in Hiroshima for ratification of TPNW two years after treaty went into effect
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Jan. 20, 2023
News
Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Holding session on Miyajima Island, taking photos against backdrop of O-Tori Gate being considered by Japanese government
by Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer It was learned on January 19 the Japanese gov...
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Jan. 18, 2023 News
Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Citizens Council for Hiroshima Summit to invite media to cover reality of A-bombing
On January 17, ahead of the summit meeting of the G7 (The Group of Seven industr...
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Jan. 16, 2023 News
Blood-stained shirt donated last spring to the Peace Museum tells of child’s last moment
“I wanted to cry out for my child, who would never come back.” Father describes ...
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Jan. 13, 2023 News
Exhibit facilities of Honkawa Elementary School, Fukuromachi Elementary School and former Outpatient Ward of Teishin Hospital to serve as Peace Museum’s affiliated facilities
Hiroshima City aims to enhance ability to disseminate information by Kana Kob...
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Jan. 12, 2023 News
Prewar Mamiya 6 camera, donated by Sugahara in Hiroshima, is exhibited in lobby of Chugoku Shimbun headquarters building
Late Yoshito Matsushige, photographer, also used Mamiya 6 camera regularly by...
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Jan. 1, 2023 Features
Beginning of Hiroshima Summit year makes family in A-bombed city think about “that day”: Great-grandfather of sprinter athlete Ryota Yamagata died in atomic bombing
by Michiko Tanaka, Senior Staff Writer Hiroshima, the A-bombed city, is to ...
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A-bomb survivors collect signatures in Hiroshima for ratification of TPNW two years after treaty went into effect
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Jan. 20, 2023
News
Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Holding session on Miyajima Island, taking photos against backdrop of O-Tori Gate being considered by Japanese government
by Koji Higuchi, Staff Writer It was learned on January 19 the Japanese gov...
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Jan. 18, 2023 News
Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Citizens Council for Hiroshima Summit to invite media to cover reality of A-bombing
On January 17, ahead of the summit meeting of the G7 (The Group of Seven industr...
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Jan. 16, 2023 News
Blood-stained shirt donated last spring to the Peace Museum tells of child’s last moment
“I wanted to cry out for my child, who would never come back.” Father describes ...
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Jan. 13, 2023 News
Exhibit facilities of Honkawa Elementary School, Fukuromachi Elementary School and former Outpatient Ward of Teishin Hospital to serve as Peace Museum’s affiliated facilities
Hiroshima City aims to enhance ability to disseminate information by Kana Kob...
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Jan. 12, 2023 News
Prewar Mamiya 6 camera, donated by Sugahara in Hiroshima, is exhibited in lobby of Chugoku Shimbun headquarters building
Late Yoshito Matsushige, photographer, also used Mamiya 6 camera regularly by...
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Jan. 1, 2023 News
Hiroshima Summit, May 19-21: Pianist Martha Argerich calls for protection of lives beyond nationality
Message to the Chugoku Shimbun Concerned about young victims due to Russian...
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Beginning of Hiroshima Summit year makes family in A-bombed city think about “that day”: Great-grandfather of sprinter athlete Ryota Yamagata died in atomic bombing
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Dec. 29, 2022 Features
Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Tsuneaki Suzuki, 91, A-bomb survivor, Fuchu-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture
“War [use of nuclear weapons] robs the daily lives [and smiles] of families” ...
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Dec. 28, 2022 Features
Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Tetsuya Matsuda, 53, second-generation A-bomb survivor, company executive, Naka Ward, Hiroshima
Recovery from nothing amid ruins Tetsuya Matsuda is chairperson of Hiroshima ...
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Dec. 26, 2022 Features
Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Akio Yoshida, 53, director general, Holocaust Education Center, resident of Fukuyama City
People created nuclear weapons; people must put a halt to them. Since 1996,...
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Dec. 23, 2022 Features
Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Thomas Hajnoczi, 67, former director of department of disarmament, Austria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Countries that use nuclear weapons would also suffer devastating nuclear respons...
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Dec. 17, 2022 Features
Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Mayu Seto, 31, singer-songwriter, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Everyone is responsible for creating a society with nuclear weapons While pur...
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Dec. 8, 2022 Features
Hiroshima Voices: “No Nukes, No War” Makoto Koga, 82, former secretary-general, Liberal Democratic Party, Miyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Politics exists to achieve peace Mr. Koga has assumed many positions in the w...
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Hiroshima Summit 2023: Interview with Jean-Eric Paquet, EU Ambassador-Designate to Japan—Significance in communicating Hiroshima’s message
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Dec. 15, 2022
Opinion
Hiroshima Days: Iran uprisings in eight senryu, by Nassrine Azimi
Nassrine Azimi, born in Iran, serves as senior advisor to the United Nations Ins...
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Nov. 11, 2022 Opinion
Hiroshima Summit 2023: Interview with Julia Longbottom, UK Ambassador to Japan—Summit in A-bombed city can be forum for unity
UK to work closely with Japan for nuclear disarmament by Yumi Kanazaki, Sta...
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Aug. 28, 2022
Opinion
Editorial: After breakdown of NPT Review Conference, path toward nuclear abolition must be rebuilt
What was the meaning of the deliberations that took place during the four-week g...
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Aug. 13, 2022 Opinion
Remembering Issey Miyake: his distance from Hiroshima and mixed feelings
by Izumiko Soda When asked about his starting point, Issey Miyake mentioned...
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Aug. 7, 2022
Opinion
Editorial: Prime Minister Kishida and August 6—Demand that leader achieve goal of nuclear weapons abolition
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s determination to achieve a “world free of n...
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Aug. 7, 2022 Opinion
Akiko Mikamo, 60, writer of film that shows her father’s experience of atomic bombing, distributes film free of charge
by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer What Akiko Mikamo wanted to convey was her...
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Survivors' Stories
- Survivor’s Stories: Junko Kayashige, 83, Nishi Ward, Hiroshima
- Survivor’s Stories: Sueko Fukuda, 82, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima – Lost eldest sister and thrown into dire straits after the war
- Survivor’s Stories: Hiroshi Harada, 83, Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima―Fled while stepping on human bodies
- Survivors’ Stories: Terumi Tanaka, 90, Saitama Prefecture―I collapsed into tears when I cremated my aunt
- Survivors’ Stories: Takuji Yamashita, 92, Aki Ward, Hiroshima City – Burned his younger brother and sister to ashes by himself
The Chugoku Shimbun Junior Writers Reporting
Junior Writers Reporting: Five months to the Hiroshima Summit


Conveying the memories of the atomic bombing in foreign language The summit meeting of the G7 (The Group of Seven industrialized nations) will begin on May 19 of next year, just five months from no
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