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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mari Yamaguchi

Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push

Japan Hidankyo Nobel - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a fresh incentive to campaign for nuclear disarmament ahead of the 80th anniversary of the 1945 attacks.

“I felt like I needed to work even harder on what I had done so far,” said Terumi Tanaka, who survived the atomic attack on Nagasaki on Aug. 9. 1945.

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