Tsutomu Yamaguchi | |
|---|---|
山口 彊 | |
 Tsutomu Yamaguchi in 2009 | |
| Born | 16 March 1916 |
| Died | 4 January 2010 (aged 93) Nagasaki, Japan |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Employer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Known for | Hibakusha of both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Movement | Nuclear disarmament |
| Spouse | Hisako (died 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,[1] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions.[2]
A resident of Nagasaki, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed at 8:15 AM, on 6 August 1945. He returned to Nagasaki the following day and, despite his wounds, returned to work on 9 August, the day of the second atomic bombing. That morning, while he was being told by his supervisor that he was "crazy" after describing how one bomb had destroyed the city, the Nagasaki bomb detonated.[3] In 1957, he was recognized as a hibakusha ("explosion-affected person") of the Nagasaki bombing, but was not officially recognized as a survivor of Hiroshima by the Japanese government until 24 March 2009. He died of stomach cancer on 4 January 2010, at the age of 93.
- ^ 広島・長崎で２度被爆、約１６０人 広島祈念館が調査 [160 Double A-bomb Survivors Found, Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims says.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 1 August 2005.
広島、長崎への原爆投下後、両市で２度被爆した可能性のある人が少なくとも約１６０人にのぼることが、国立広島原爆死没者追悼平和祈念館（広島市）の調査で明らかになった。
- ^ "Double atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan". Tokyo: NBC News. Associated Press. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.
- ^ Survivor's story (ABC News, Australia, uploaded 2010Jan6)