Former crew member of the fifth Fukuryu Maru Letter to the Pope
In 1952, a former crew member of the Fifth Fukuryu Maru, who was involved in an American hydro-bombing experiment in a bikini atoll in the Pacific, sent a letter to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church visiting Japan from 23rd , "Please announce your wish for peace for the world for a nuclear-free future."
Nanami Oishi (85), who was operating in the Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific as a crew member of the tuna fishing boat "Fifth Fukuryu Maru" in March 1964, 65 years ago, was involved in an American hydro bomb test. I was bombed.
Mr. Oishi learned that Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church visited Japan, visited Nagasaki and Hiroshima in the bombed area, and received a letter this month while receiving support from the surroundings, saying, “I want to know about the bikini case.” Is sent.
In the letter, Mr. Oishi told the elementary and junior high schools throughout the country that he was telling the horror of the nuclear for more than 20 years, and said that he decided to continue to appeal to the end, thinking about the remorse of the fellow crew members who died is.
Furthermore, there are many people who do not know or have forgotten about the incident, but he said that he should not forget and announce his wish for peace to the world for a nuclear-free future about it.
Mr. Oishi talked about Pope this month saying, “I want to know that the survivors in bikinis are the same as those in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I want to work together to appeal against nuclear weapons.” It was.