Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security 2022 – Hiroshima Session Day 2
On the second day of the Hiroshima session, five A-bomb survivors, Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto, Mr. So Horie, Ms. Fumiko Araki, Mr. Kazuhiko Futagawa, and Ms. Chiyo Miyazaki, a family member of an A-bomb survivor, were invited as guests to talk to the participants about the day of the bombing and the discrimination they suffered afterwards. The participants listened to the real in-person accounts from the A-bomb survivors themselves, and afterwards made comments such as “In addition to the reality of the atomic bombing that I felt at Peace Memorial Park on the first day, I learned more about the reality of the time of the bombing.
Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto 
With Mr. So Horie 
Participants exchanging opinions with Ms. Fumiko Araki 
Participants listen to Mr. Kazuhiko Futagawa’s talk 
Ms. Chiyo Miyazaki
In the afternoon, Ms. Miyu Yamaguchi of the Nagasaki Youth Delegation 2021 gave a presentation on peace efforts in Nagasaki. Then Ms. Beti Racule, a guest from the Marshall Islands, gave a presentation on the damage caused by the US hydrogen bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. And Professor Seiichiro Takemine of Meisei University gave a lecture on nuclear testing in the South Pacific region and nuclear security.
Ms. Miyu Yamaguchi, Nagasaki Youth Delegation 2021 
Ms. Bedi Racule, From Marshall Islands , Former representative of the youth organization “MISA4ThePacific” 
Professor Seiichiro Takemine, Meisei University
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