The head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is visiting Hiroshima, the site of the world's first atomic bombing in 1945.
Beatrice Fihn is the executive director of ICAN, the winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Fihn travelled to the Peace Memorial Park on Monday where she laid flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the bombing and then visited the Atomic Bomb Dome.
She also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and watched a display using computer graphics showing how Hiroshima was instantaneously destroyed by the atomic blast and heat rays.
In the museum guestbook, Fihn wrote that ICAN will work with the people of Hiroshima to eliminate nuclear weapons.
She then met an 80-year-old survivor of the bombing, Keiko Ogura. Ogura was 8 years old at the time.
Ogura said many of her classmates died and she still cannot forget the experience. She said she will continue to share her experience to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.
Fihn said it is important for people around the world to hear the survivors' stories.
Beatrice Fihn is the executive director of ICAN, the winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Fihn travelled to the Peace Memorial Park on Monday where she laid flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the bombing and then visited the Atomic Bomb Dome.
She also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and watched a display using computer graphics showing how Hiroshima was instantaneously destroyed by the atomic blast and heat rays.
In the museum guestbook, Fihn wrote that ICAN will work with the people of Hiroshima to eliminate nuclear weapons.
She then met an 80-year-old survivor of the bombing, Keiko Ogura. Ogura was 8 years old at the time.
Ogura said many of her classmates died and she still cannot forget the experience. She said she will continue to share her experience to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.
Fihn said it is important for people around the world to hear the survivors' stories.
From NHK.
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