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After Hiroshima: The Question of Nuclear Weapons
April 26, 2004
Tadatoshi Akiba mayor, Hiroshima

Founder of Mayors for Peace, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima discusses nuclear weaponry.

In August 1945, atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki instantaneously killed an estimated 200,000 Japanese citizens and reduced those cities to rubble. Nearly sixty years later, people there continue to suffer from the physical and emotional after-effects. Led by Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima, Mayors for Peace strives to raise worldwide awareness about the need to abolish nuclear weapons. Representing more than 550 cities in 107 countries, the organization promotes solidarity toward the solution of problems that threaten peaceful coexistence among nations throughout the world.

History | Politics & Public Affairs
Bombings | Hiroshima | Nuclear Weapons | Military & Warfare | Natural Disasters
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