Late Nihon Hidankyo Head Tirelessly Conveyed Horror of A-Bombing; Nobel Prize Highlights Global Impact of Group

HIROSHIMA — Sunao Tsuboi tirelessly conveyed the voices of hibakusha to the world as both the face of the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima and the chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo, or Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, until he passed away in 2021 at the age of 96.

Tsuboi was 20 when he was injured in the atomic bombing at a location 1.2 kilometers away from the hypocenter. He passed out immediately after inscribing the words: “Tsuboi, here I die” on the ground with a stone. He was left with severe burns all over his body.