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Wednesday 11th June, 03:08 AM JST

Emiko Okoada, an atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima, urging the G-8 leaders to visit Hiroshima when they come to Japan in July. (Japan Times)

6 Comments

  • hoserfella at 11:11 AM JST - 11th June

    Maybe she can also give some perspective on how the populace blindly supported brutal Japanese military agression which led to the atomic bomb

  • capone at 12:11 PM JST - 11th June

    and give some perspective on how to stage a sneak attack on unsuspecting people

  • usaexpat at 11:24 PM JST - 11th June

    The fact that Japan started the war doesn't diminish the suffering of the atomic bomb victims. The average man or woman in Hiroshima or Nagasaki had as much to do with the war as I do with the war in Iraq it's not like they had a say. If you want to whine about the attack on Pearl cowardly though it may have been at least it was an attack against military personnel as opposed to an attack against civilians who happened to have military factories in the neighborhood. Emiko Okaoda is definitely more qualified than any of us to talk about the nuclear attacks and their aftermath.

  • hoserfella at 09:58 AM JST - 12th June

    Just another example of Japan portraying itself as victim. Nothing more, nothing less. Instead, Okaoda should speak about the dangers of an entire populace laying down for a bunch of warmongering leaders.

  • cleo at 10:03 AM JST - 12th June

    the dangers of an entire populace laying down for a bunch of warmongering leaders.

    When did that last happen? March 2003?

  • hoserfella at 10:07 AM JST - 12th June

    cleo- good point

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