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Sumiteru Taniguchi (谷口 稜曄, Taniguchi Sumiteru, 26 January 1929 – 30 August 2017) was a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a prominent activist for a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, and chairman of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers.
Aug 31, 2017 · TOKYO — Sumiteru Taniguchi, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki as a teenager and went on to become a leading advocate for nuclear disarmament, died on Wednesday in Nagasaki....
Aug 8, 2015 · Struggling with a left arm that has never straightened out, Sumiteru Taniguchi slowly peels the undershirt off his frail, 86-year-old body to show two visitors his scars from the atomic bomb...
Aug 30, 2017 · Sumiteru Taniguchi, a Nagasaki atomic-bombing survivor who passed away from cancer on Aug. 30, dedicated his life to advocating the abolition of nuclear weapons and peace on Earth.
Aug 30, 2017 · A Japanese man who survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb in August 1945 has died of cancer at the age of 88. Sumiteru Taniguchi was working as a postman on the morning the US dropped the bomb that...
Aug 30, 2017 · Taniguchi was 16 when he was severely injured by the 1945 atomic bombing of his hometown. He devoted his life to seeking to abolish nuclear weapons and led a national effort against nuclear proliferation.
Jul 16, 2020 · The boy, grimacing in pain, was Sumiteru Taniguchi. He survived, and eventually put himself in the forefront of Japan's antinuclear campaign, often baring the scars engraved in his flesh, until he died at the age of 88 in 2017.
