A-bomb survivors testify, push for nuke abolition at Nobel forum

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki spoke on Wednesday of their experiences and called for nuclear abolition at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s leading group of atomic bomb survivors, received the honor.
Interpreter Keiko Ogura, 87, and Masao Tomonaga, 81, honorary director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, testified in English at the event focused on how to mitigate the risks of nuclear warfare and move toward nuclear disarmament. The two were present at the ceremony the previous day.

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