Atomic bomb survivor, 93, appeals for peace amid Iran, Ukraine wars

Leader of Japan's Nobel-winning Hidankyo meets Hong Kong students, criticizes nuclear threats

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Terumi Tanaka, secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo -- the group that won last year's Nobel Peace Prize -- speaks to students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong on June 13 at the University of Tokyo. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)

KENJI KAWASE

TOKYO -- On the day Israel first struck Iranian nuclear facilities and as the Russian war on Ukraine continued in the shadow of Moscow's atomic arsenal, a 93-year-old survivor of the bombing of Nagasaki delivered a stark warning to university students visiting Japan from Hong Kong.

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