NAGASAKI ¨C A hibakusha of the atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki has said that world leaders should work to avoid wars instead of making war preparations, as she is concerned that global reliance on nuclear deterrence is gaining momentum.
Tadako Kawazoe, 82, chair of the A-Bombs Survivors Liaison Council of the Nagasaki Peace Action Center, or Hibakuren, has no memory of the U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 9, 1945, in the closing days of World War II, because she was only a year old at the time. Instead, she has campaigned for peace based on testimonies of ¡ª and notes taken by? ¡ª both her mother and aunt.
Kawazoe was being fed lunch by her 16-year-old aunt, who was a student, at her Nagasaki home, located 2.5 kilometers from ground zero, when the blast from the bomb caused the roof and tatami of the home to shift. She was not injured, but four relatives, including her grandmother, died in the blast and were found burned.
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