Never Again! Portraits of the Hibakusha — 80 Years Remembered

Oct 29

Pictured: Toshiko Tanaka (left), Sou Horie (middle) and Tamiyuki Okahara (right) Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors
Image from: 80,000Voices

“The Hibakusha help us to describe the indescribable, to think the unthinkable, and to somehow grasp the incomprehensible pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons.”
— The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Reuters, “Japan's Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize”

Pictured: Takashi Miyata, Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor
Image from: 80,000 Voices

“As a first generation hibakusha, I want to pass on my testimony. I hope that those of the second generation will embrace this and take action. I want the third generation to live in a peaceful world without war. It takes a hundred years to build peace. We’ve been working hard to abolish nuclear weapons for the last 80 years, but we haven’t achieved it yet.”
— Takashi Miyata, Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor

Pictured: Shizuko Mitamura, Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor
Image from: 80,000 Voices

“No war! No atomic bombs! I have been creating picture-story shows and telling children about the preciousness of peace for 40 years now. I want them to build peace starting right from where they stand. Peace of mind is important. Peace begins with simple greetings. A greeting is a bouquet of the heart.”
— Shizuko Mitamura, Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor

Pictured: Tatsuro Naito, Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor
Image from: 80,000 Voices

“Peace means listening to people’s voices. The opposite of peace is not war but indifference to war.”
— Tatsuro Naito, Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor