In 1957, the Japanese Parliament passed a law providing free medical care for hibakusha. During the 1970s, non-Japanese hibakusha who suffered from those atomic attacks began to demand the right …

Atomic Bomb survivors are referred to in Japanese as hibakusha, which translates literally as “bomb-affected-people”.

Jul 23, 2025 · Who Are the Hibakusha? “Hibakusha” is a Japanese word for the Nagasaki and Hiroshima victims who survived the initial bombings.

Jul 27, 2017 · By the end of 1945, the atomic bombings of Japan had killed an estimated 140,000 people at Hiroshima and 74,000 at Nagasaki. Often lost in those numbers are the experiences of the …

The "hibakusha" are the surviving victims of the atomic bombs which fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While these individuals survived the immediate effects of the blasts, the hibakusha have suffered …

Many thousands of people survived with injuries from the attacks. They came to be known as hibakusha, which translates to bomb-affected-people. Niju hibakusha, double survivors, applies to more than …

Oct 10, 2007 · In 1979, thirty-four years after the atomic blast at Hiroshima, Akihiro Takahashi became director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and one of Japan's most conspicuous " …