Word: a-bomb
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That was Hiroshima, Japan, on the morning of August 6, 1945. More than a quarter of a century later, the victims of the A-Bomb attack on Hiroshima still are suffering, but they are no longer silent...
Tsuyo Shima is a member of Hiseido, or the Second Generation of A-Bomb Victims. "Maybe you have visited the 'Peace Park', "he said to me. "The Japanese government has filled it with trees and flowers and a memorial for world peace. That is the place where the poorest A-Bomb victims used to live, but they were forced to evacuate so the government could build that park...
...Even these slums embarrass the government and periodically they have big fires here to clear out the people. This is the kind of life that A-Bomb victims are forced to live by the hand of the government...
Hiseido was formed on August 6, 1970, the 25th anniversary of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. Since that time, Hiseido has been working to expose the plight that A-Bomb victims still face in Japan...
...Japanese government that perpetuates this discrimination. They take no responsibility for A-Bomb victims. It is a conscious policy of the Japanese government to push us aside to protect the image of the nation. Twenty-six years ago--as soon as the bomb was dropped--the Allied forces came in and took control of our city. They censored all information so no one even knew that it was an A-Bomb that had been dropped...