OPINION

A-bomb survivors group struggle to continue efforts 60 years on

News, Kyodo News, Published on 05/08/2016

» While Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima as the first sitting US president in May highlighted again the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, Japan's major anti-nuclear group, which has led the movement for 60 years at home and abroad, sees a rocky road ahead as its membership declines with the passing of atomic bomb survivors.