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A-bomb survivors delighted at Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize
HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI, Oct. 9 Kyodo -
Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed
delight Friday at U.S. President Barack Obama winning the 2009 Nobel Peace
Prize chiefly for his vision and work for a nuclear-free world.
''It was encouraging,'' said 84-year-old Sunao Tsuboi, who heads Nihon
Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations,
in Hiroshima.
''I hope the president will go full-out for a world without nuclear weapons.
It's important that hibakusha offer not only tribute to him but make an effort
with him,'' Tsuboi said.
In naming the U.S. president the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel
Foundation said the Norwegian Nobel Committee has ''attached special importance
to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.''
In a landmark speech in Prague in April, Obama laid out an ambitious vision of
a world without nuclear arms, saying the United States will take the lead on
the issue as the only country that has used them.
Akihiro Takahashi, a former president of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum,
said, ''It's fantastic that the prize was given for the Prague speech receiving
recognition.''
''I want to send a letter to the president to ask him to continue and further
emphasize his efforts to abolish all nuclear arms, and come visit Hiroshima,''
the 78-year-old said.
Emiko Okada, 72, who is engaged in sharing her hibakusha experience in the
United States and elsewhere, said, ''It was surprise news. I feel like the
light is coming to the dark and flowers are bursting out. No one will oppose
the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons any longer.''
In Nagasaki, Hirotami Yamada of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council
said, ''It's very encouraging for our campaigns that the prestigious Nobel
Peace Prize made clear that eliminating nuclear weapons is the right thing.''
Former Nagasaki University President Hideo Tsuchiyama, who is now a member of
the Committee of Seven for World Peace that groups leading Japanese
intellectuals, said, ''The United States as a powerful country should take the
leadership on nuclear issues.''
''We've been collecting signatures to ask him to visit the (two) cities, and he
now deserves such a visit not only as the U.S. president but also as a Nobel
Peace Prize laureate,'' he said.
==Kyodo
Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed
delight Friday at U.S. President Barack Obama winning the 2009 Nobel Peace
Prize chiefly for his vision and work for a nuclear-free world.
''It was encouraging,'' said 84-year-old Sunao Tsuboi, who heads Nihon
Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations,
in Hiroshima.
''I hope the president will go full-out for a world without nuclear weapons.
It's important that hibakusha offer not only tribute to him but make an effort
with him,'' Tsuboi said.
In naming the U.S. president the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel
Foundation said the Norwegian Nobel Committee has ''attached special importance
to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.''
In a landmark speech in Prague in April, Obama laid out an ambitious vision of
a world without nuclear arms, saying the United States will take the lead on
the issue as the only country that has used them.
Akihiro Takahashi, a former president of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum,
said, ''It's fantastic that the prize was given for the Prague speech receiving
recognition.''
''I want to send a letter to the president to ask him to continue and further
emphasize his efforts to abolish all nuclear arms, and come visit Hiroshima,''
the 78-year-old said.
Emiko Okada, 72, who is engaged in sharing her hibakusha experience in the
United States and elsewhere, said, ''It was surprise news. I feel like the
light is coming to the dark and flowers are bursting out. No one will oppose
the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons any longer.''
In Nagasaki, Hirotami Yamada of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council
said, ''It's very encouraging for our campaigns that the prestigious Nobel
Peace Prize made clear that eliminating nuclear weapons is the right thing.''
Former Nagasaki University President Hideo Tsuchiyama, who is now a member of
the Committee of Seven for World Peace that groups leading Japanese
intellectuals, said, ''The United States as a powerful country should take the
leadership on nuclear issues.''
''We've been collecting signatures to ask him to visit the (two) cities, and he
now deserves such a visit not only as the U.S. president but also as a Nobel
Peace Prize laureate,'' he said.
==Kyodo
