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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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Madoka Mamezuka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

Hiroshima survivor tells U.N. chief of horrors

A-bomb survivor Shingo Naito, right, meets with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, far left, on Saturday in Naka Ward, Hiroshima. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

HIROSHIMA -- An 83-year-old man who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima met with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday at the city's annual Peace Memorial Ceremony -- the first time for a U.N. chief to attend the event in 12 years.

Sharing the horrors of the weaponry that had claimed his family's lives, Shingo Naito said he had decided to "convey the enormity of the atomic bomb" due to his fury over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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