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21回　小幡正勝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. 21), we present the testimony of OBATA Masakatsu.

OBATA Masakatsu, who was 27 at the time of the bombing, worked at the Mitsubishi Saiwai-machi Factory, located about 1.2 kilometers from the hypocenter. On August 9, 1945, he started his shift at 7 a.m. Shortly after 11 a.m., he was suddenly engulfed by a flash of light unlike anything he had ever seen. Wearing only a shirt, he lay flat on his stomach as roof tiles fell and piled up on his back. Feeling pain, he cautiously got up, left the factory, and made his way barefoot through broken glass toward an air-raid shelter. “Everyone was risking their lives,” Mr. OBATA recalls of that time. Invited by fellow survivors, he began sharing his story. Driven by the conviction “Never let war happen again,” he advocated for peace.
(Video recorded in 1995)

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】