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Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions.
Aug 7, 2015 · Tsutomu Yamaguchi wasn’t the only person to endure two atomic blasts. His coworkers Akira Iwanaga and Kuniyoshi Sato were also in Nagasaki when the second bomb fell, as was Shigeyoshi Morimoto ...
Aug 9, 2020 · “Mitsubishi had factories in Hiroshima and Nagasaki so numerous workers would have boarded the same train as Yamaguchi-san,” says Inazuka, who directed the 2011 documentary Twice Bombed: The Legacy of Tsutomu Yamaguchi (also on Netflix). “The majority of them would have perished in the second attack, however, while it’s difficult to ...
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was born on March 16, 1916, in Nagasaki, Japan, a time when the country was undergoing significant cultural and political changes. Growing up, Yamaguchi experienced the intersection of traditional Japanese values with the rapid modernization that characterized early 20th century Japan.
Jan 7, 2010 · Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only official survivor of both atomic blasts to hit Japan in World War II, died Monday in Nagasaki, Japan. He was 93. The cause was stomach cancer, his family said.
Dec 8, 2017 · As he grew older, Tsutomu Yamaguchi then began to speak out against the use of nuclear weapons. He penned a memoir, wrote to President Obama on the subject, and appeared in a documentary on double bombing hibakusha that was screened at the United Nations in 2006. That film’s producers found some 165 hibakusha who were thought to have survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, but Yamaguchi was the only hibakusha officially recognized by the Japanese government as such thanks to his ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Tsutomu Yamaguchi, then a 29-year-old naval engineer, is the only person known in history to have survived two atomic bombs that were dropped by the US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. On the 78th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, we take a look at the survival story of Yamaguchi and a bonsai from Japan.
Aug 4, 2020 · So it was that as Tsutomu Yamaguchi gazed into the summer morning on 6th August, he saw an American plane fly over Hiroshima and drop a small object that drifted lazily onto the unsuspecting city. The atomic bomb explodes over Hiroshima (The Conversation) Tsutomu’s tale. Tsutomu recalled that he staggered to his feet after the initial blast, his ears ringing and his eyes struggling to adjust to the darkness that had cloaked the city. He had been less than two miles from where the bomb had ...
Jan 6, 2010 · Tsutomu Yamaguchi was visiting Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day an atomic bomb fell on the city. He survived. Three days later he was home in Nagasaki when an American plane dropped an atomic ...
Apr 1, 2023 · Tsutomu Yamaguchi’s survival of both atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a remarkable feat that defied the odds. His experiences serve as a sobering reminder of the devastating effects of nuclear weapons. Despite living with the physical and emotional scars of the bombings for the rest of his life, Yamaguchi dedicated himself to promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
