Nagasaki physician Takashi Nagai’s religiously oriented writings about the deaths of atomic bombing victims, which included his wife, sometimes raised difficulties for others. It’s no wonder, in part because his outlook could easily be seen as glossing over the sufferings…
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Lessons from Takashi Nagai, an early leader of survivors
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More than six decades after his death, Dr. Takashi Nagai remains relevant to how we look at the pursuit of peace today. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Nagai became one of the most famous survivors of the…
Nagasaki: The historical debate
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As we mark the 65th anniversary of Nagasaki’s hellish destruction, it has always seemed to me that, of the two atomic bombings, this was the one more clearly unnecessary. After all, as Martin J. Sherwin argued in his classic work,…
Hiroshima, Nagasaki pushing possible bid for 2020 Olympics
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Olympics officials keep trying to discourage Hiroshima and Nagasaki from bidding for the games, at least in a joint fashion. But, somewhat reminiscent of the U.S. children’s story about a train confronted with a very steep hill, “The Little Engine…
Obama says he would like to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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Barack Obama would like to go where no sitting U.S. president has gone before: to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It’s a real statement of Obama’s interest in eliminating nuclear weapons. In an interview with Japan’s NHK public broadcasting network in advance…
Obama and Hiroshima
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and, to a certain extent, other parts of Japan are caught up in attempts to persuade President Barack Obama to visit one of the two A-bombed cities, as early as next month. On Thursday, the Hiroshima Peace Media…