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13回　谷口稜曄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 recorded testimonies of survivors in both Japanese and English since 2025.

In this installment of the "Voices of the Hibakusha" series (No. 13), we present the testimony of .

TANIGUCHI Sumiteru was 16 years old at the time of the bombing.
He was exposed to the atomic bomb in Sumiyoshi-town which was 1.8 km from the hypocenter. He was in the middle of a post delivery.
He was hit by a heat ray from behind and his back and arms were burned red.He had been involved with Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Youth and Girls Association, which was the base of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, since its inception in 1956.
From June 2006, he had served as chairman of Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council.
In 2012, he met the grandchild of president Truman who ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb. He showed off the keloid scars on his body and the deep holes in his chest and he stressed the inhumanity of nuclear weapons. (photo taken in 1990)

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.

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