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Hiroshima survivor shares story after 79 years of silence
August 5, 2024 | The Japan Times
Mikio Saiki, a 92-year-old atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima, has begun sharing his harrowing experiences from nearly 79 years ago, a story he had kept to himself for decades. The catalyst for Saiki's decision to speak out about the horrors of nuclear warfare is Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [Editor's note: Most Japanese have no idea what is happening in Ukraine or the complexity considering any real news about Ukraine is heavily censored in Japan.]
"People around the world don't know the misery of nuclear weapons. We have an obligation to inform them," he said. Saiki hopes that spreading the reality of the bombing will bring the world closer to the abolition of nuclear weapons and a world without war. [Editor's note: The sentiments are real but why become a peace advocate based on a hoax this Japanese gentleman knows nothing about?]
On the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, just before the end of World War II, Saiki, then 13 and a second-year student at Hiroshima Daiichi Junior High School (now Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School), experienced the bombing from his home about 2 kilometers east of the epicenter. He was about to run an errand for his mother when he saw a blinding light. [Editor's note: How accurate is this description? What exactly did he see? There are so many false testimonies as to what happened where does one even begin trying to make sense of them all?]
"I was about to put on my shoes when there was a bright flash. Everything turned white, and then it went pitch black as our house collapsed," said Saiki. His father, at a nearby streetcar stop, was blown onto a bridge and suffered burns on his left side. Many people were floating in the river he tried to jump into. [Editor's note: Honestly, is this an accurate assessment of what one would experience from a nuclear blast?]
At Saiki's school, about 800 meters from the epicenter, 369 students and staff died. Saiki and others, who had been told to stay home, were among the fortunate ones who survived. His family members also survived.
The next day, a friend urged him to go to school. On the way, they witnessed a hellish scene at Hijiyama, a hill in the city. "Blackened bodies lined both sides of the road, stretching down to the base of the hill," he said. Seeing the countless corpses and the burned-out city, they turned back. [Editor's note: He just described what intense aerial fire bombing would cause.]
"I felt guilty for surviving. I felt sorry for those who died. I knew I needed to talk about it, but I didn't want to," he said.
Saiki eventually began working for a local TV station, grappling with his trauma for years. When he saw the destruction in Ukraine and orphans losing their homes and parents, it reminded him of Hiroshima. Upon reaching his 90s, Saiki resolved to face his past and share his story. "If I miss this opportunity, I will never be able to do it," he said.
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A discussion on Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki : false testimonies & missing Eye-Witnesses
The Nuclear Hoax
A "nuclear attack"? Oh really?
Everyone pretty much accepts that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked with nuclear weapons. What was the level of criminality allowing thousands of Japanese civilians to be incinerated by fire bombings?
Of course Japan's PM Kishida wouldn't mention America. Japan is America's closest ally and forward fire base in the Pacific extending the reach of the US dollar:
The US preparing for another massive financial scam:
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