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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hibakusha
		Hibakusha are entitled to government support; they receive a certain amount of allowance per month.
		Each year, on the anniversaries of the bombings, lists of the names of hibakusha whose deaths have been recorded in the previous year are added to the cenotaphs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		They and their children were (and still are) victims of severe discrimination due to lack of knowledge about the consequences of radiation sickness, which people believed to be hereditary or even contagious.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hibakusha (1327 words)

	Nuclear Files: Key Issues: Nuclear Weapons: Issues: Health & Enviornment: Korean hibakusha
		One tenth of hibakusha in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 were Koreans.
		Over half of the dead second generation of hibakusha died before the age of 10 and 60.9% of the dead dided without knowing the cause of death.
		According to the study the offsprings of hibakusha suffer from chronic diseases such as anemia, cardiac infarction, angina and depression, schizophrenia and various malignant diseases.
	www.nuclearfiles.org /menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/issues/health-environment/korean-hibakusha_effects.htm (272 words)

	Peaceful Tomorrows : Peaceful Tomorrows joins "Project 50 to Inherit Hibakusha's Appeal"
		Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) are now engaged in a class-action lawsuit against the Japanese government over support for Hibakusha.
		The rate of Hibakusha certified to have bombing-induced illnesses and receiving medical care assistance is a mere eight out of 1,000.
		We have been deeply touched by the committment of the Hibakusha, and by the power of their personal witness as they have traveled the world to call for an end to nuclear weapons.
	www.peacefultomorrows.org /article.php?id=741 (700 words)

	Prejudice haunts atomic bomb survivors
		Compounding this fear is the specter of prejudice toward the survivors, or hibakusha -- especially in areas far from the two cities.
		She said, however, that some hibakusha came to the capital to get as far away as possible from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the horrors they experienced.
		She said there are still many hibakusha who are hesitant to get a hibakusha certificate, which grants better welfare assistance, due to concerns that it will reveal that they were exposed to the bomb.
	www.nci.org /0new/hibakusha-jt5701.htm (1113 words)

	Hibakusha, Our Life to Live
		"HIBAKUSHA, OUR LIFE TO LIVE" is the story of Japanese, Korean and Chinese (including Asian-American) survivors of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		Hibakusha voices then speak out for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
		The film is intended to be a celebration of life and rememberance, a uniting of all people in the spirit of Hibakusha.
	www.memoryproductions.org (658 words)

	Hibakusha Cinema:Intro
		Many hibakusha, for example, feel that they were the deliberate guinea pigs of US experimentation, in collusion with later Japanese Governments and victims of a conspiracy of silence.
		After being thanked by a young female hibakusha, Adams confides to a Japanese colleague that the girl will be dead within a month, yet clearly the paternalistic staff will not inform her of this.
		It undoubtedly expresses resentment toward hibakusha, partly based on exaggerations and political manipulations of the A-bomb experience by some of them, partly upon guilt toward them and fear of their death taint.
	wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /~mickbrod/postmodm/m/text/hibakeds.html (5682 words)

	Japan Focus
		The documentary, set to air in 2007, will feature interviews with 30 hibakusha as well as scientists and plane navigators who were involved in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
		It is a personal look at how hibakusha live with the emotional and often physical scars of the bombing while the significance of the devastating attack has faded in the minds of Hiroshima's younger generations.
		It is important for Americans to hear the stories of the hibakusha and understand their continued relevance, the filmmaker said.
	japanfocus.org /products/details/1751 (750 words)

	Testimony: Dr. Katsumi Furitsu, World Uranium Hearings, 9/17/92, Salzburg
		Many Hibakusha have frequently complained of such symptoms as tiredness, vertigo, palpitations, lumbago backpain, stiff shoulders and neck pains, although a clear name of such diseases could not been given to the patients.
		We Hibakusha are telling our experiences to the people, especially to the young people, the younger generations, to appear never again the disasters of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		The Hibakusha and the people who supported them organized the movement to demand a relief from the government and got some medical benefits more than ten years after the bombing.
	www.ratical.org /radiation/WorldUraniumHearing/KatsumiFuritsu.html (2673 words)

	Xs[` (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hibakusha describe the condition after the bombings as hell on earth.
		The Hibakusha of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have kept sending the message of@peace to the rest of the world despite their physical and psychological pains and all other odds against them.
		Luckily, there were enough hibakusha who voiced their opinions and feelings, which led to the three rounds of victories I mentioned earlier.
	www.city.hiroshima.jp /shimin/heiwa/hagueenglish.html (1455 words)

	The Hibakusha Voice and the Future of the Anti-Nuclear Movement by Yuki Tanaka, January 25, 2005
		Due to the rapidly diminishing number of hibakusha the "weathering of the Hiroshima experience" as it is called in Japan has become a serious concern for many citizens of this city in recent years.
		Koizumi became prime minister five years ago, it was an annual tradition for the prime minister to meet representatives of the hibakusha for about half an hour immediately after attending the commemoration ceremony in Peace Park on August 6.
		It is almost certain that events to commemorate the 60th anniversary will be the last chance for surviving hibakusha to appeal to the world to oppose the idea of genocide by weapons of mass destruction.
	www.wagingpeace.org /articles/2005/01/25_tanaka_hibakusha-voice.htm (1126 words)

	Sachiko Shimo : Hibakusha : Peace & Economic Security : Cambridge : New England Region : AFSC
		In 1971, Hibakusha of Hiroshima and Nagasaki residing in the U.S. founded the American A-Bomb Victims Association to work to provide relief to the A-bomb sufferers in the U.S. Thanks to the Medical Association of Hiroshima prefecture, "Hibakusha health checks" are now delivered to us.
		Four Hibakusha living in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit with the Hiroshima district court to change the present mechanism that provides that applications for the Hibakusha certificate and allowances can only be made in Japan.
		Hibakusha are now aged and have little time left.
	www.afsc.org /newengland/pesp/Sachiko-Shimo.htm (826 words)

	A-bomb Damage Continues
		Many children exposed to radiation in their mother's womb were born with what became known "A-bomb microcephaly." Suffering from retarded mental development or physical disabilities, they have survived to this day through the tender care of relatives.
		The Hibakusha Medical Law enacted in April 1957 made it possible for hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) to receive medical examinations and treatment at the national government's expense.
		In the city of Hiroshima, Hibakusha Health Books were issued beginning on June 3 of the same year, and in August medical examinations started at the A-bomb Hospital and public health centers.
	www.hiroshima-spirit.jp /en/museum/morgue_e22.html (574 words)

	Hibakusha Wins in Nagasaki A-Bomb Matsuya Lawsuit
		A number of Hibakusha, who ought to have been exposed to a small amount of radiation according to the current dose estimate (DS 86), showed symptoms of radiation injuries, such as loss of hair.
		Given that the government is responsible for state compensation for the Hibakusha for the above reasons, the counsel stressed that, to the greatest degree possible, the A-bomb Medical Law must be interpreted and put into practice for the benefit of the Hibakusha.
		All three Hibakusha are forcing themselves in pursuit of the state recognition despite their illness.
	www.ratical.org /radiation/Matsu-All2.html (5489 words)

	Hibakusha
		I met hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) for the first time and listened to their stories.
		Most of the hibakusha were noncombatant civilians in a war they did not want.
		The hibakusha's unanimous plea was for Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be never repeated again to anyone.
	aamovement.net /history/eastwind/12/hiroshima2.htm (458 words)

	Japan Focus
		Her eldest son, also an A-bomb survivor, received a hibakusha booklet, but Kim is without one.
		It was only three years ago that Chong heard that South Korean hibakusha seeking health-care allowances from the Japanese government had won a lawsuit.
		It was the first time she had heard about the existence of the hibakusha kenko techo booklet.
	japanfocus.org /products/details/1721 (798 words)

	Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima - MSN-Mainichi Daily News
		In his playing days he was known as "the hit machine." After his retirement, his outspoken commentary made him a familiar figure to a new generation of baseball fans.
		The Mainichi is seeking media organizations to actively participate in spreading the news of the Hibakusha Project around the world.
		Under the copyright law of Japan, use of all materials on this website, except for personal and noncommercial purposes, is prohibited without the express written permission of the Mainichi Newspapers Co. The copyright of the materials belongs to the Mainichi Newspapers Co. unless stated otherwise.
	mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /features/hibakusha/news/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html (938 words)

	NFB - No More Hibakusha! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hibakusha is the Japanese word for the survivors of the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		This powerful and moving documentary focuses on a few of the eighty hibakusha who journeyed from Japan to New York in June, 1982, to take part in peace demonstrations held to coincide with the Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament.
		Instead of concentrating on the physical suffering of the victims, the film reveals the mental anguish of the hibakusha, who are still haunted by nightmares.
	www.onf.ca /trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=14244&v=h&lg=en (105 words)

	'Hell on Earth': Survivors remember atomic bombings - Today's Paper > Local News \| Bakersfield.com - Kern County news, ...
		Fumiko Takao is not a hibakusha, but she also witnessed some of Hiroshima's hell.
		Maybe it was that kind of suffering that made him sympathetic to her condition as a hibakusha, Suyeishi said.
		When she was invited to attend a local hibakusha meeting in the late 1960s, she went reluctantly.
	www.bakersfield.com /102/story/67353.html (2111 words)

	Traprock Peace Center
		The Hibakusha are the survivors of the only nuclear holocaust.
		Hibakusha for their many years of pain and suffering
		Hibakusha: Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kosei Publishing Co, Japan, c.
	traprockpeace.org /hibakusha.htm (444 words)

	Hibakusha - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A Hibakusha (被爆者) is a survivor of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		Studs Terkel's book The Good War has a conversation with two Hibakushas.
		Virtual Museum (http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/visit_e/est_e/panel/A6/6204.htm) "Hibakusha testimonies, coupled with photographs, memoirs and paintings, give a human face to the tragedy of the A-bombing.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hibakusha (581 words)

	Supreme Court rules for Hibakusha living outside Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Supreme Court dismissed the Hiroshima Prefectural Government's appeal and ordered it to pay three Japanese atomic bomb survivors (one of whom died) living in Brazil a total of 2.9 million yen in health care benefits which the prefectural government refused to pay on the grounds of the statute of limitations.
		They obtained Hibakusha certificates that qualified them as allowance recipients during their stay in Japan in 1994 or 1995, but the payment stopped when they went back to Brazil.
		The prefectural government resumed the payment to the three Hibakusha when the directive was abolished in 2003.
	www.japan-press.co.jp /2514/hibakusha.html (244 words)

	Hibakusha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, the Fellowship of Reconciliation will host An Evening with the Hibakusha – the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945.
		Three Hibakusha will present their personal stories, with Japanese-English translation provided by Mr.
		The Hibakusha and several other Japanese visitors are in New York to attend the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
	www.forusa.org /media/Hibakusha.html (216 words)

	japan mental health: Hibakusha
		The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Choi Gye Chol, a South Korean who resided in Pusan until his death in July 2004 at the age of 78, and his 77-year-old widow, Paek Rak Im.
		However, when he tried to have a proxy submit the necessary documents to the city of Nagasaki in January 2004, his application was rejected on grounds that he had to come apply personally.
		Many, if not all, of all Hibakusha regardless of where they live have suffered and lived with traumatic memories of the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the second world war in August 1945.
	www2.gol.com /users/andrew/2005/09/hibakusha.html (632 words)

	Hibakusha Testimony Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hibakusha testimonies, coupled with photographs, memoirs and paintings, give a human face to the tragedy of the A-bombing.
		In each year since, the testimonies of 50 people have been recorded and edited into 20-minute segments per person.
		This collection is titled "Hiroshima Witness ─ Hibakusha Testimony." Along with other video materials such as "Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer" (available in film and video), the documentary is used widely in Japan and abroad.
	www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp /virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/visit_e/est_e/panel/A6/6204.htm (89 words)

	Scope: Postwar60: Hibakusha use NPT confab as platform to promote peace message Japan Policy & Politics - Find ...
		As one of the atomic bomb survivors, known in Japanese as ''hibakusha,'' Konishi is part of a team of 35 survivors who came to New York to participate in the conference as well as to partake in related activities and outreach programs.
		The 75-year-old recently recounted events on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, for some 200 high school students who listened intently during a daylong academic program on disarmament where he spoke as a guest.
		Linda Grove, a tourist from Indiana, was impressed after a Japanese hibakusha gave her a paper crane.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2005_May_31/ai_n13830906 (880 words)

	Hibakusha around the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the process of creating all those weapons, millions of people around the world have been exposed to radiation.
		Thus, the number of hibakusha in the world is still increasing.
		Today, tests that involve nuclear explosions have been banned, but there is always the possibility that an accident will release radiation and create more hibakusha.
	www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp /kids/KPSH_E/hiroshima_e/sadako_e/subcontents_e/19sekaihibaku_1_e.html (193 words)

	Hibakusha : iSOUND.COM™
		Hibakusha Biography Hibakusha, (pronounced:hee-bah-koo-shah) is a creative collaboration of four lifelong professional musicians: Paul Macleod(voc,guit), Mark McIntyre(bass), Gord Stevenson(drums), and Cory Barnes(guit,voc).
		The true message of Hibakusha is in their music which is both startling in its originality and haunting in its familiarity.
		Hibakusha have played select dates in their native Canada including a showcase at NXNE in 2004.
	www.isound.com /hibakusha (575 words)

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