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Award of Excellence
Gerard Rancinan Polaris / TIME
"Hibakusha"
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Kinuyo Watanabe, age 82, was 23 at the time and 2 km
away from the Hypocenter.
May 2005, Hiroshima, Japan: In 1957, the Japanese
government recognised certain people as hibakusha: 1- Those who had been
within 4km of the epicentre of the explosion on August 6, 1945. 2- Those who
had been within 2km of the epicentre within two weeks of the explosion. 3-
Those caught in the Black Rain. 4- Those who treated the victims in the city
suburbs. 5- Those who were in the wombs of their hibakusha mothers. Two
witnesses were required to validate hibakusha status.
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