Podcasts about Hibakusha

Verletzt überlebt Yamaguchi die erste Atombombe von Hiroshima. Irgendwie schafft er es zurück zu seiner Familie nach Nagasaki - dann fällt am 9.8.1945 die zweite Bombe. Von Gianna Scholten.

Dr. Masao Tomonaga was only 2 years old when the United States bombed his home city of Nagasaki. He survived, and grew up to become a physician for other survivors, known as hibakusha. He also studied hematology, and his research on leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes was foundational for understanding how radiation affects the body. On the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he speaks with Host Ira Flatow about his life's work, how hibakusha lived with the medical consequences of the bombs, and his message to the world.Guest: Dr. Masao Tomonaga is a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and director emeritus of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

This Week’s SPECIAL Featured Interview: On the anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a look at what this meant for further generations’ health and psychology. Yuki Miyamoto is Nisei Hibakusha, second generation daughter of an atomic bomb survivor, and brings a personal perspective to her powerful work. She is a Professor...

Hoy se cumplen 80 años de los bombardeos atómicos de Hiroshima y Nagasaki. Agustín Rivera, autor del libro 'Hiroshima. Testimonios de los últimos supervivientes' recuerda el acontecimiento en Las Mañanas de RNE. "Es trágico que en un momento tan luminoso como algunos testimonios dicen que hubo, se convertiría segundos después en la gran tragedia", afirma el autor. Habla sobre los Hibakusha, es decir, las personas bombardeadas. "No quedan tantos y muchos no lo quieren contar. Si decían que eran supervivientes de la bomba atómica, tenían problemas para conseguir un empleo. Muchos no querían ser pareja de alguien que era Hibakusha y por eso hay muchos matrimonios de propios supervivientes. Luego sus hijos salían con malformaciones físicas. Es un tema muy incómodo en el propio Japón".Ante la cuestión de por qué Japón no guarda rencor por aquel ataque el autor expone su visión. "Ellos sienten incluso vergüenza. Ellos dicen que si no hubiese habido Pearl Harbor, quizá nunca hubiese habido bomba atómica. En Hiroshima o en Nagasaki se fomenta y se alienta la cultura de paz. El saber perdonar y no olvidar, pero saber que esa ausencia de rencor tiene que estar por delante de cualquier cosa".Escuchar audio

Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes has emphasized that the testimonies of hibakusha, or people who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will bring changes to the world.

Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes delivered a speech at Sophia University in Tokyo on Sunday, highlighting the need to listen to the voices of hibakusha, who survived the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Se cumple el 80 aniversario del lanzamiento de las bombas atómicas que lanzó EE.UU sobre Hiroshima y Nagasaki y que puso punto y final a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Las terribles secuelas que dejaron las bombas y la posterior ceniza negra sobre la población, provocaron posteriores acuerdos entre potencias mundiales del no uso de bombas nucleares. El periodista especialista en este tema Agustín Rivera cuenta en su libro "Hiroshima, testimonios de los supervivientes" las historias de los "hibakusas" personas que sufrieron el bombardeo y que relatan cómo les afectó, no solo físicamente, sino psicológicamente el tremendo e inesperado ataque. 

With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan's welfare ministry began this month to collect testimonies from the roughly 106,000 hibakusha survivors of the nuclear attacks.

Esta semana entrevistamos a un ‘Hibakusha'. Así son conocidos los supervivientes de las bombas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, las dos bombas nucleares que aniquilaron a más de 200.000 personas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El testimonio vivo de estos supervivientes japoneses sirve para seguir narrando al mundo las terribles secuelas que dejó aquella barbarie. En este capítulo hablamos con Shigemitsu Tanaka, superviviente de Nagasaki que recibió el pasado diciembre el premio Nobel de la Paz por su lucha para lograr el desarme nuclear. Es sin duda un testimonio valiosísimo para evitar que se repitan los errores del pasado, algo tremendamente complicado, observando el contexto geopolítico en el que nos movemos, con una guerra enquistada en Ucrania y con el endeble alto el fuego que se pergeña en Oriente Próximo. 

Hiroshima High Court turned down second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation on Friday, upholding a ruling by Hiroshima District Court.

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors from the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, visited a high school in Oslo on Wednesday to share their experiences with students.

オスロの高校で行われた被爆者による講演、１１日、オスロ【オスロ時事】ノーベル平和賞を受賞した日本原水爆被害者団体協議会の被爆者らは１１日、ノルウェーの首都オスロのキューベン高校を訪れ、現地の高校生に自らの体験を語り「平和について考えて」と呼び掛けた。 Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors from the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, visited a high school in Oslo on Wednesday to share their experiences with students.

Japanese hibakusha atomic bomb survivors think the Nobel Peace Prize, to be awarded to their group, Nihon Hidankyo, is not a goal, as they tackle the task of passing their stories on to future generations.

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Japan have stressed their intentions to continue calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons following former U.S. President Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's presidential election in the United States.

ノーベル平和賞受賞が決定した日本原水爆被害者団体協議会の浜住治郎事務局次長は、個人的な受け止めとした上で、「米国がどういう方向に行くか見定めはできていないが、核廃絶と『再び被爆者をつくるな』という思いを世界に伝えていくことは変わらない」と強調した。 Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Japan have stressed their intentions to continue calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons following former U.S. President Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's presidential election in the United States.

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A 31-member delegation, mainly made up of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors, will attend a ceremony to be held on Dec. 10 to present the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, also known as Nihon Hidankyo, with the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, according to the group's announcement.

Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organizations, said the group believes it was named this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize as the work of each and every hibakusha atomic bomb survivor was highly appreciated.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. 诺贝尔和平奖被授予日本飞段协（Nihon Hidankyo），这是一个由美国广岛和长崎原子弹爆炸幸存者组成的日本组织，因其反对核武器的积极行动而被授予。 The Nobel committee said it "wishes to honor all survivors who, despite physical suffering and painful memories, have chosen to use their costly experience to cultivate hope and engagement for peace." 诺贝尔委员会表示，“希望向所有幸存者致敬，尽管他们遭受了身体上的痛苦和痛苦的记忆，但他们选择利用他们代价高昂的经历来培养对和平的希望和参与。”Hidankyo's Hiroshima branch chairperson, Tomoyuki Mimaki, who was waiting at the city hall for the announcement, cheered and became emotional when he received the news. 正在市政府等待通知的飞段京广岛分会会长御牧智之得知这一消息后，兴奋不已，激动不已。"Is it really true? Unbelievable!" Mimaki screamed. “这是真的吗？难以置信！” 美牧尖叫起来。 The Nobel committee has honored efforts to ban nuclear weapons before. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the peace prize in 2017, and in 1995 Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs won for their efforts to reduce and ban nuclear weapons. 诺贝尔委员会此前曾表彰过禁止核武器的努力。国际废除核武器运动于 2017 年荣获和平奖，1995 年约瑟夫·罗特布拉特和帕格沃什科学与世界事务会议因其在减少和禁止核武器方面所做的努力而获奖。This year's prize was awarded as war continues in Ukraine. 今年的奖项是在乌克兰战争仍在继续的情况下颁发的。 In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in his country's nuclear policy. The change appeared to make it easier for Russia to use nuclear weapons if attacked. 9月，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京宣布改变其国家的核政策。这一变化似乎使俄罗斯在受到攻击时更容易使用核武器。 Jørgen Watne Frydnes is chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. He said Friday the award was made as the ban “against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure." 约尔根·沃特纳·弗里德内斯 (Jørgen Watne Frydnes) 是挪威诺贝尔委员会主席。他周五表示，该奖项是在“禁止使用核武器的禁令面临压力”的情况下做出的。 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on social media that the results of Hiroshima and Nagasaki still affect humanity. The United States bombed those two Japanese cities using atomic weapons to end World War II in 1945. 欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉·冯德莱恩在社交媒体上表示，广岛和长崎的后果仍然影响着人类。1945年，美国使用原子武器轰炸了这两个日本城市，结束了第二次世界大战。 Von der Layen said the work of Nihon Hidankyo is very important. “This Nobel Peace Prize sends a powerful message. We have the duty to remember. And an even greater duty to protect the next generations from the horrors of nuclear war," she said. 冯德莱恩表示，日本飞段协的工作非常重要。“诺贝尔和平奖传递了一个强有力的信息。我们有责任记住。保护下一代免遭核战争恐怖的更大责任，”她说。The United States military dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. An estimated 70,000 people died. Three days earlier, U.S. forces had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths. The bombings resulted in Japan's surrender on August 15, 1945, bringing World War II to an end. 1945 年 8 月 9 日，美国军方在长崎投下了一颗原子弹。估计有 7 万人死亡。三天前，美军在广岛投下一颗原子弹，造成约 14 万人死亡。这次爆炸导致日本于 1945 年 8 月 15 日投降，第二次世界大战结束。 Survivors of the atomic bombs and victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific formed the group, Nihon Hidankyo, in 1956. At the time, the survivors were demanding government support for health problems. 原子弹的幸存者和太平洋核武器试验的受害者于 1956 年成立了“Nihon Hidankyo”组织。当时，幸存者要求政府支持解决健康问题。U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement that the survivors selflessly brought attention to the human cost of nuclear weapons. 联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯在一份声明中表示，幸存者无私地引起了人们对核武器造成的人员伤亡的关注。 "Nuclear weapons remain a clear and present danger to humanity, once again appearing in the daily rhetoric of international relations," he added. "It is time for world leaders to be as clear-eyed as the hibakusha, and see nuclear weapons for what they are: devices of death that offer no safety, protection, or security." Hibakusha is a Japanese word that refers to survivors of the atomic bombs or the radiation they caused. 他补充说：“核武器仍然对人类构成明显而现实的威胁，再次出现在国际关系的日常言论中。” “世界领导人现在应该像原爆幸存者一样保持清醒的头脑，认清核武器的本质：无法提供安全、保护或保障的死亡装置。” Hibakusha 是一个日语单词，指原子弹或其造成的辐射的幸存者。 Alfred Nobel wrote that the peace prize should be awarded for "the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔写道，和平奖应该颁发给“为国家之间的兄弟情谊、废除或裁减常备军以及举办和促进和平会议所做的最多或最好的工作”。Last year's prize went to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for her work supporting women's rights and democracy, and against punishment by death. 去年的奖项颁给了被监禁的伊朗活动家纳尔吉斯·穆罕默迪(Narges Mohammadi)，以表彰她支持妇女权利和民主以及反对死刑的工作。 In times of war, the Norwegian Nobel Committee sometimes chooses not to award a peace prize. The peace prize was not awarded 19 times since 1901, including during both world wars. The last time it was not awarded was in 1972. 在战争时期，挪威诺贝尔委员会有时会选择不颁发和平奖。自 1901 年以来，和平奖有 19 次未颁发，其中包括两次世界大战期间。上一次未获奖是在1972年。 The Nobel prizes are valued at about $1 million. The Nobel season ends Monday with the announcement of the winner of the economics prize. 诺贝尔奖的价值约为100万美元。诺贝尔奖季将于周一宣布经济学奖得主。

Lead Story: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for...

Joseph Gerson is Executive Director of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security joins us to explain that the Nobel Peace prize this year is a desperate plea to the world to stop its insane rush toward nuclear confrontation. The award was given to Nihon Hidankyo, the grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha. Joseph explains and identifies what he considers the greatest nuclear threat. We also share a clip about real journalism from real journalists, Ryan Grimm and Jeremy Scahill. We finish with Randy Newman dropping the big one.

Seth Shelden International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Viernes 11 de octubre: El Comité Nobel Noruego ha decidido otorgar hoy el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2024 a la organización japonesa Nihon Hidankyo. Este movimiento popular de sobrevivientes de las bombas atómicas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, también conocido como Hibakusha se destaca por sus esfuerzos para lograr un mundo libre de armas nucleares.

A organização japonesa Nihon Hidankyo, também conhecida como Hibakusha, venceu na manhã desta sexta-feira, o prêmio Nobel da Paz 2024. A organização é formada por sobreviventes das bombas atômicas de Hiroshima e Nagasaki e luta pela abolição das armas nucleares no mundo. A escolha é vista como uma resposta à escalada de conflitos com ameaça nuclear na Ucrânia e no Oriente Médio.O Giro de Notícias mantém você por dentro das principais informações do Brasil e do mundo. Confira mais atualizações na próxima edição.

After the surrender of Japan, the work to rebuild Japan and cement the country as one of the most important US allies in the Pacific began. Japan became strategically important after the fall of China to Communism. Japan being a democracy became of the utmost importance.  The US occupation of Japan lasted from Japan's surrender on Sept. 2, 1945 until 1952 when the treaty of San Francisco went into effect in April of that year. We discuss the creation of a new Japanese constitution and government and demilitarization of Japan. We also discuss the aftermath of the atomic bombs being dropped and the experiences of the survivors, who became known as Hibakusha. Their illnesses were feared, and they carried stigmas that came with what will become known as radiation poisoning.    There is always more to learn! -Jimmy & Jean

Over the past few years, much has been written and created around Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, but little attention is paid to those whose lives were ended or forever changed when the bombs dropped in Japan.In this episode, we delve into the experiences of the hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. On that day the Enola Gay released its devastating payload, ushering in the nuclear age. The survivors, now with an average age of over 90, provide some of the last living testimonies of the horrors that unfolded in the seconds, minutes, and hours following the explosion.Today's guest is M.G. Sheftall, author of The Stories of Hibakusha. Sheftall has spent years interviewing those who were young adolescents at the time of the bombing, now elderly but still haunted by their memories.

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On Tuesday September 17, the Nuclear Truth Project held their final 'In Conversation' session for 2024, meeting with intergenerational hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), Mitchie Takeuchi and Dr Kazuyo Yamane to remember Hiroshima. We heard the beginning of Dr Yamane's family's first hand account of the event, as well as some of their work in educating and remembering the atrocity. More discussion from this special presentation will be shared on 3CR's Radioactive Show in the coming weeks, and our thanks to speakers and the Nuclear Truth Project for continuing the conversation against nuclear warfare.// CONTENT WARNING: SUICIDE, SELF HARM, DISCUSSION OF ABORIGINAL DEATH IN CUSTODY. Roxy Moore, Noongar lawyer, community organiser, activist and campaigner, and Stephanie McGuire, Ballardong and Whadjuk Noongar community organiser and activist, spoke with us earlier this week about the campaign to close Unit 18, a child detention wing inside the maximum-security Casuarina Prison near Perth in Western Australia. The campaign escalated in the wake of the tragic death of Yamatji child Cleveland Dodd in 2023 after he self-harmed while incarcerated in the facility. Earlier this month, it was revealed that another child detained at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre, also near Perth, had died by suicide. Stay up to date with the fight to abolish youth prisons and watch the livestream of today's rally outside Parliament House in Boorloo at 12PM AWST/2PM AEST by following Justice for Cleveland (Instagram and Facebook) and Boorloo Justice (Instagram and Facebook).// Dr Sophie Rigney, Senior Lecturer in Law at RMIT University, joins us to unpack the series of Palestine-related decisions handed down by the International Court of Justice in 2024 and their pontetial implications for Australia, given its declared support for Israel and desire to maintain and strengthen bilateral trade relations. You can read Sophie's recent piece, 'Gaza at The Hague', on Inside Story for more detail. The article we referenced by Shahd Hammouri, 'The UK and Its Illusive Arms Embargo', was published by Al-Shabaka on September 15 2024. For a more in-depth discussion of the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territory, check out this webinar organised by the Melbourne Law School's Institute for International Law and the Humanities from July this year featuring a line up of international law experts including Sophie and Shahd.// Fiza Zali, teacher educator at University of Melbourne, speaks with us about the experience of becoming politicised towards practising decolonial solidarity as a migrant settler based in Naarm. Her research explores the discomforts of becoming critically conscious, and the complexities of positionalities particularly as a settler of colour on stolen land who is Indigenous elsewhere.// Upcoming Events6:00PM, Friday 20 September: Latin American Solidarity Network, Chile Solidarity Campaign and Lucho Riquelme are co-hosting the ‘Lessons for Organising' event, sharing learnings from the 2019 Chile Popular Rebellion with a short film, photo exhibition and live music. The event will be held at Catalyst Social Centre, 146 Sydney Road, Coburg.12:00-2:00PM, Saturday 21 September: Renters and Housing Union are holding a Squatting Campaign Public Forum with Husk and Purplepingers at the Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, 251 Faraday St, Carlton. There will be an online attendance option.The next 3CR Station Worker and Subscriber Committee Meeting is coming up next Wednesday 25 September from 6-7PM.Meeting link: Join the meeting nowMeeting ID: 426 306 672 141Passcode: 7eRKRkDetails on how to RSVP are in your 3CR Program Updates!

Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs and his brilliant book NUCLEAR BODIES: The Global Hibakusha This Week's Featured Interview: This is a. SPECIAL full-length interview with Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs on his book, NUCLEAR BODIES: The Global Hibakusha.

The remains of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb destroyed the city, 1945 ATOMIC COVER-UP – Director Greg Mitchell is the award-winning author of a dozen books including 2020's “The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood–and America–Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” His previous books on the atomic bombings were “Hiroshima in America“ (with...

岸田文雄首相との面会で要望を述べる広島県原爆被害者団体協議会の箕牧智之理事長、６日午前、広島市中区広島の被爆者団体の代表らは６日、広島市内のホテルで岸田文雄首相と面会し、来年開かれる核兵器禁止条約の第３回締約国会議にオブザーバーとして参加するよう要望した。 Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture asked Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday to attend a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons next year as an observer.

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture asked Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday to attend a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons next year as an observer.

Born as a second-generation Hibakusha, that is to say a child of Hiroshima A-bomb survivors, Mamoru Samuragochi faced hardship, prejudice and increasing illness throughout his life. Despite these enormous setbacks, he became one of the most respected and successful musical composers in Japan, despite becoming almost entirely deaf. He was also a liar. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: The New Republic: Japan's Deaf Composer Wasn't What He Seemed Classic FM: The Composer Who Was Once Dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" Time Magazine: 2001 Interview with Samuragochi Wall Street Journal: Music Critic's Suspicions Led to Composer's Downfall Inverse: "Clowns farting": The wild story behind Resident Evil's worst soundtrack Independent: Japanese 'Beethoven' Mamoru Samuragochi admits faking deafness Wikipedia: Mamoru Samuragochi

U.S. scientist Robert Oppenheimer, known as the "father of the atomic bomb," apologized to Japanese hibakusha atomic bomb survivors who visited the United States after the end of World War II, officials at a Japanese nonprofit organization said Friday.

Mitchie Takeuchi is the writer and producer of the "The Vow From Hiroshima" a film about an atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima who has dedicated her life to nuclear disarmament and activism. Mitchie is also a descendant of survivors of the atomic bomb and the film follows their friendship and mission to abolish nuclear weapons worldwide. On this episode, Mitchie shares about her life and work, how this film came together, and the impact she hopes it will have on nuclear guardianship and more. “Nuclear weapons and humanity can't coexist” Special Guest: Mitchie Takeuchi .

NH #633 – Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Global Hibakusha: “Now We Are All Downwinders” – Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs, Pt. 2 Map of radiation contamination in the United States from Trinity test, 100 atmospheric blasts, and 921 underground from 1945 to 1992. Check article: Trinity Nuclear Test's Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study...

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Radiation Aftermath – We Are All Hibakusha (A-Bomb Survivors) – Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs New study reveals that radioactive fallout from the Trinity atomic bomb test on July 16, 1945, deposited in 46 states, Canada and Mexico. (Map from New York Times; CLICK here for the article. This Week’s Featured Interview: Prof. Robert “Bo”...

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Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Hibakusha: The victims and the unknowns in 1945.  Charles Pellegrino, author, "Last Train from Hiroshima."  https://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Hiroshima-Survivors-MacRae/dp/0805087966/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

NH #581: Hiroshima, Nagasaki Second Generation: Prof. Yuki Miyamoto, Daughter of Atomic Survivor This Week’s Featured Interview: Hiroshima-born Yuki Miyamoto is a second generation Hibakusha – daughter of an atomic bomb survivor.  Her mother was in Hiroshima one mile from the epicenter of the bombing, yet survived it with what seemed like little physical damage…...

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Robert Jacob's book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. Jacobs's book put these “nuclear bodies” and the legacy of our eighty years history of nuclear weapon and power use at the center of his inquiry. The contaminated bodies of the hibakusha and the contaminated grounds on which they live (or in many cases lived. As many lost their homes), Jacobs argues, are largely invisible because of the colonial and post -colonial power relations that made these communities a target to begin with. Nuclear weapon tests and power stations usually were set at remote places, and the harm was done to people with no political power. Furthermore, it is not just contemporary communities that were harmed, but also future generations. “Plutonium will remain dangerous for over two hundred thousand years, and uranium particles for more than one million years”. Eighty years of tests and nuclear power have saddled our future descendants with radiative waste, most of which is still not safely stored, “a global legacy currently sitting in spent fuel pools and dry storage casks, waiting.” The invisibility of the problem and people affected by it, Jacobs argues, is manufactured in science and politics. Furthermore, the way we study the problem historically further obscured its scope. Different sites have been studied through different national historical “silos,” Jacobs, however, takes a global approach, and look at sites from Nevada to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kazakhstan to Xinjian, and the various Pacific sites that were sites of nuclear tests and accidents since 1945 to make the invisible global hibakusha visible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

Today I welcome nuclear historian Robert Jacobs, author of Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha. Robert Jacobs is a Professor of History at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and the Graduate School of Peace Studies of Hiroshima City University. Jacobs is the author of The Dragon's Tail: Americans Face the Atomic Age (2010), (also available in a Japanese translation published by Gaifusha in 2013), and the editor of Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (2010), and numerous other books and journal articles on nuclear history. Beginning in 2010, Jacobs co-founded the Global Hibakusha Project. The project conducts field research at radiation affected sites and in radiation affected communities around the world. His book based on this research, Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha will be published by Yale University Press in 2022.

A powerful and haunting exhibition featuring the Hibakusha – the Japanese survivors of the nuclear bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki more than three-quarters of a century ago – has just been staged at UN Headquarters in New York. It's not the first exhibit dedicated to the issue of nuclear disarmament that Japanese art director Erico Platt has created for the UN, and although she is far too young to be a hibakusha, she is proud to amplify their voices against the horrors of nuclear weapons. Ms. Platt explained to Liz Scaffidi, how her studies in Japan linked her to the right people, who, in turn, helped highlight again the urgency of banning nuclear weapons in what she describes as a “strong, powerful” and also beautiful exhibition, that's the best she's done…

In this episode, two survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb drop on August 6, 1945 speak about their stories and thoughts on climate action. Their names are Mr. Shohei Zuweki and Mr. Yoshiro Yamawaki, and they provide their perspectives and personal experiences on environmental short and long-term impacts of the radioactive and thermonuclear detonation initiated by the atomic bombs. This episode focused on uniting to maintain peace, and how having nuclear weapons does not guarantee the safety of a country.