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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...
...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...
PRESENTLY Hiseido is planning to build a hospital and treatment center suited to the particular needs of the A-Bomb victims. They have already raised several million yen and have selected a site on the outskirts of Hiroshima...
...Hiseido is especially strong in its public criticism of the Sato government for its weak stand on nuclear weapons. When Prime Minister Sato visited Hiroshima last August 6, he was the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit that city since the dropping of the bomb. Hiseido organized a demonstration to protest the visit...
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