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Also Known As Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2024)
Date 1956 - present

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Terumi Tanaka at a media meeting
Nihon Hidankyo congratulations sign
Discover the facts about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II
Discover facts about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki during World War II
Ionizing radiation injury from atomic bomb
Shigemitsu Tanaka weeping
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