Of the atomic bomb survivors dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nearly 9,000 died last year, and the number of survivors nationwide fell below 130,000.
The average age is approaching 84 years old, and the population is aging further.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of people who were exposed to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 and have the A-bomb survivor health handbook was 127,755 in total as of the end of March.
It has decreased by more than 40% in the last 10 years, and 8952 people died last year.
The number of A-bomb survivors by prefecture was 57,807 in Hiroshima prefecture, 3988 from the previous year, and 33,243 in Nagasaki prefecture, a decrease of 2,354.
On the other hand, the average age has increased by 0.63 to 83.94.
As the aging of the population becomes more serious, serious issues are being posed as to how to inherit the experience of the atomic bombing and how to pave the way for the abolition of nuclear weapons that the atomic bomb survivors continue to desire.