Hibakusha

Shigeaki Mori, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and historian hugged by Barack Obama, has died at 88. The embrace occurred in May 2016 during Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting U.S. president, and was reported worldwide by media outlets.

26. Januar 2026 Von KI berichtet

Japan's Supreme Court has rejected a damages lawsuit filed by 27 children of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors, upholding lower court rulings in favor of the state. The plaintiffs argued that excluding hibakusha children from the hibakusha support law was unconstitutional.