Sunao Tsuboi

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Sunao Tsuboi
坪井 直
Born(1925-05-05)May 5, 1925
DiedOctober 24, 2021(2021-10-24) (aged 96)
Hiroshima, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OrganizationNihon Hidankyo
In this Japanese name, the family name is Tsuboi.

Sunao Tsuboi (坪井 直, Tsuboi Sunao, May 5, 1925 – October 24, 2021)[1] was a Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist.

He was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He was the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japan-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers.[2]

In 2011 he was awarded the Kiyoshi Tanimoto peace prize.[3]

Tsuboi died on October 24, 2021 in Hiroshima at the age of 96.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. Sasha Maslov Photography Veterans - Sunao Tsuboi Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved August 31, 2015
  2. Nihon Hidankyo website About Us Retrieved August 31, 2015
  3. "Thinking about Peace" Experience Counts Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Retrieved September 1, 2015
  4. Sunao Tsuboi, A-bomb survivor who met Obama in Hiroshima, dies at 96