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Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs holds A-bomb exhibition in capital of Marshall Islands

by Jumpei Fujimura, Staff Writer

Majuro—On February 27, members of the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, visiting the Marshall Islands to lend support to local residents who became victims of a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the area, held an A-bomb exhibition at a school in Majuro, the capital. Students gazed intently at the horrifying consequences brought about by nuclear arms, which echo the radiation damage suffered on the Marshall Islands.

In one part of the school building, the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs displayed 12 photos which show an A-bomb survivor with severe burns being treated and the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the aftermath of the atomic bombings. About 200 people visited the exhibition and listened to the A-bomb accounts offered by members of the organization.

Matashichi Oishi, a former crew member of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon No. 5), a Japanese fishing boat that was hit by radioactive fallout from the hydrogen bomb test, is accompanying the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs and also took part. He told the visitors that radiation is a horrible thing, and he appealed to them to make efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.

James Reimers, 18, said it made him sad to see that the atomic bombings caused such utter destruction to the Japanese cities and the people who lived there, and that nuclear weapons have had a harmful impact on the Marshall Islands, too.

(Originally published on February 28, 2014)

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