An unskilled painter born near the nuclear test site in Kazakhstan sued nuclear abolition September 19 22:01
A man of painter without arms, born near the nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, Central Asia where nuclear tests were repeated in the Soviet era, came to Japan and appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons through paintings drawn with his mouth .
At the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in northeastern Kazakhstan, more than 450 nuclear tests were conducted during the 40 years of the Soviet era, and many people living in the vicinity still suffer from health problems.
As 70 years have passed since the first nuclear test was conducted, an unarmed painter, Mr. Kalypbek Kyukov (51), came to Japan and opened in Tokyo on the 19th. I attended the symposium.
Mr. Kuyukov was born in a village 100 kilometers away from the nuclear test site and was born without the arms of his exposed parents, and has been painting on the theme of nuclear tests with a brush in his mouth since he was in his twenties. .
In a speech, Mr. Kuyukov said, “Let's call on the whole world in Japan and Kazakhstan so that the tragedy will not be repeated”, and appealed to cooperate with the A-bombed countries and Japan to aim for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Kuyukov's work exhibition was also held at the venue, and visitors visited the work, which depicts how nuclear tests destroy peaceful lives.
A woman in her 40s who came from Hiroshima said, “I strongly thought I should never repeat the same thing in the future.” Kuyukov said, “Many countries keep possessing nuclear weapons and it is slow after mistakes. I want to continue to speak up for peace in the future.”