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10回　山田拓民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. 10), we present the testimony of YAMADA Hirotami.

YAMADA Hirotami, former Secretary general of Nagasaki Atomicbomb Survivors Council, led peace movement of Nagasaki.

At the age of 14, he was exposed to radiation at Nagasaki Junior High School which was 3.3 kilometer away from the center of the Atomic Bomb explosion. He did not get serious injury but his mother, older sister and 2 younger brothers died one after another within a month after the Atomic Bomb explosion. He had to burn the bodies of his family by his own hands.

Mentioning that he had not shed a tear then, he said “My heart felt nothing like an ogre.”

He engaged in establishment of “Act of Support for Hibakusha” and publication of Testimony Collection of Atomic Bomb Victims. Through those activities, he led peace movement and was responsible for Secretary general of Nagasaki Atomicbomb Survivors Council for 33 years.
And he passed away of pneumonia in June 2021 (at the age of 90).

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.
【日本語版はこちら】