A-bomb survivor testimony Online lore Expansion of new corona 4:43 on April 1
75 years after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus spread, events to tell about the experience of the atomic bombings were stopped one after another, and testimonies of the atomic bomb survivors were communicated online to young people The work has begun.
This initiative called “Online Atomic Bomb Testimony” was organized by the Japan Atomic Bomb Association and the Japan Atomic Bomb Victims Association.
On the evening of the 31st, at an office in Tokyo, Deputy Secretary-General of the Japan Atomic Energy Association, Jiro Hamazumi, gave online testimony to 50 students including university students who had applied in advance. Mr. Hamazumi showed in a photograph that he was exposed to the bomb in his mother's womb, and that the buckle of his father who died in the atomic bomb from the burns and his wallet hardware were found.
When the participants who listened to the testimony asked the young people what they wanted, Mr. Hamazumi said, `` Check with your own eyes to see if the atomic bomb has done what humans can really do or if it can be tolerated. I want you to do it. "
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the review of the NPT-Non-Proliferation Treaty scheduled at the United Nations Headquarters was postponed from April, and a delegation to give testimony of A-bomb survivors was postponed. In other words, events to tell about the A-bomb experience in Japan have been canceled one after another.
Mr. Hamazumi said, "The A-bomb survivors are aging and the time left is not long. With the spread of the virus, we are asking you to listen to our thoughts and make sure that nuclear abolition goes one step further. I want to do that. "