Japanese A-bomb survivors speak of dangers of a nuclear Japan
SINGAPORE, Sept. 6 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese atomic bomb survivors in Singapore as part of a Peace Boat global voyage Sunday categorically opposed calls from some quarters for Japan to become a nuclear weapons state as a deterrence measure.
Retired schoolteacher Shizuko Osaki said at a press conference, "I don't think we should go nuclear way even as a deterrence. It should be abolished altogether."
"Knowing how horrible and inhumane nuclear wars are, we appeal to world powers to stop using nuclear weapons, that is the motive for us to join this voyage," said the 69-year-old atomic bomb survivor.
Osaki was a 5-year-old living less than 5 kilometers from ground zero in Nagasaki when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
Her father, who had gone out for several days to help search for missing persons soon after the bomb was dropped, died about eight years later.
Unlike some survivors who suffered health problems due to exposure to radiation, Osaki has not been adversely affected.
Ten survivors along with about 500 other mostly Japanese passengers and some activists of nongovernmental organizations are traveling on the Peace Boat, which set sail from Yokohama last month for a global tour covering 21 countries aimed at promoting a nuclear-free world.
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Retired schoolteacher Shizuko Osaki said at a press conference, "I don't think we should go nuclear way even as a deterrence. It should be abolished altogether."
"Knowing how horrible and inhumane nuclear wars are, we appeal to world powers to stop using nuclear weapons, that is the motive for us to join this voyage," said the 69-year-old atomic bomb survivor.
Osaki was a 5-year-old living less than 5 kilometers from ground zero in Nagasaki when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
Her father, who had gone out for several days to help search for missing persons soon after the bomb was dropped, died about eight years later.
Unlike some survivors who suffered health problems due to exposure to radiation, Osaki has not been adversely affected.
Ten survivors along with about 500 other mostly Japanese passengers and some activists of nongovernmental organizations are traveling on the Peace Boat, which set sail from Yokohama last month for a global tour covering 21 countries aimed at promoting a nuclear-free world.