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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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Kyoko Mine / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

Nagasaki students pass on A-bomb victim's story, wish to abolish nuclear weapons

Misato Kaji, right, and Hanae Hirayama show pages from their pamphlet featuring Nobuko Oka in Nagasaki City on Jan. 11. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

NAGASAKI -- For decades after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Nobuko Oka kept silent, traumatized by the horrors of that day. She finally decided to speak up in her 80s in a mission to educate future generations and propel a movement for a world without nuclear weapons.

A group of students at Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University in Nagasaki City is looking to continue the legacy left by Oka, who died in November at the age of 93, by featuring her in the upcoming edition of a pamphlet dedicated to world peace.

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