Monk vows to keep alive story of uncle killed by A-bomb

Akinobu Tooyama (right) and his mother, Mutsuko, watch a video of Mutsuko speaking about her brother Hiroyuki, who died shortly after the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast. (Image: The Japan News)

The Washington Post

Sat, 10 Aug 2024

By Daiki KomatsuAkinobu Tooyama attended the peace memorial ceremony last Tuesday in Hiroshima for the first time to commemorate his late uncle, Hiroyuki Kosen, who died because of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima 79 years ago.Tooyama, 56, is a Buddhist monk and lives in Yamanashi Prefecture.Mutsuko Tooyama, his 82-year-old mother, was Hiroyuki's sister. She was 3 years old when the atomic bomb hit. This year, she told Akinobu to attend the peace memorial ceremony instead of her. "You should go this time because I can't endure th...

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