長崎の被爆者団体「長崎原爆被災者協議会」が推進する被爆80年「世界プロジェクト」の一環として、2025年からNBCが記録した被爆者の声を日本語と英語で発信しています。
シリーズ「ヒバクシャの声」今回は 第１回　葉山利行さんの証言を英語で配信します。
As part of the "World Project" commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombing—an initiative promoted by the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council (Nagasaki-Hisaikyo)—NBC has been broadcasting the recordedtestimonies of survivors in both Japanese and English since 2025.

In this installment of the "Voices of the Hibakusha" series (No. 22), we present the testimony of HAYAMA Ｔoshiyuki.

HAYAMA Toshiyuki was the former chairman of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors' Council. In 1945, he was 15 years old and worked as an apprentice at the Nagasaki locomotive depot. When the atomic bomb exploded, he was hurt badly and could not return home. He stayed in an air-raid shelter near Nagasaki Station. After the bombing, he saw a mother trying to calm her baby. The baby had no head. He never forgot this scene.
In 1947, he left his job at the railway and worked in construction and shipbuilding. However, his health got worse, and he stayed in the atomic bomb hospital two times from 1958.
In 1961, he became the secretary-general of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors' Council and worked there for over 20 years. In 2000, he became the chairman.
As a leader in Nagasaki's atomic bomb survivors movement, he dedicated many years to campaigning for the enactment of the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law. He also spoke at the United Nations and told countries to stop using nuclear weapons. He died in 2005 at the age of 75.

The Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors’group, also known as
“Nagasaki Atomic bomb Survivors Council”(Nagasaki-Hisaikyo) and NBC　Nagasaki Broad casting Company signed an agreement.
As part of the “World Project” to commemorate 80 years since the atomic bombing. The project is promoted by the Nagasaki Disaster Relief Association.
Voices of atomic bomb survivors recorded by NBC are uploaded to the Nagasaki Atomic bomb Survivors Council”’s YouTube channel,
News movie streaming service “NBC NEWS DIG” and others.

【日本語版】葉山利行さん動画