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and ABCC research, 183, 188
and accounts of bombing, 67–68, 70, 72, 72, 76, 78
aerial view of, 90
bomb shelters near, 206
bomb victims at, 79
casualties at, 50
and commemorations of bombing, 198–201, 203, 231
and effects of radiation exposure, 97, 100, 112, 136, 176–77, 223–24
extent of bomb damage, 45, 47–48, 50, 52, 55, 56–57, 58–59, 60, 61, 63, 101, 186
first marker at, 302
and long-term health issues, 219
and modern Nagasaki, 275–77, 288, 297
and Nagasaki National Peace Memorial, 293
and peace activism, 226, 240–42, 251, 253
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 88, 101, 141, 143, 168, 170
and rescue efforts after bombing, 83, 84
and temporary shelter, 135
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 120
Hypocenter Park, 240–41, 253–54, 275
Ikasarete ikite [Allowed to Live, I Live] (Do-oh), 294
Imperial Edict Day, 13–14
Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, 94
incendiary attacks, 19, 24–26, 29, 92, 245
industrial power of Japan, 5, 10, 13–14, 138
infant radiation exposure, 135–36, 177
infrastructure of Nagasaki, 3, 87–88, 127, 134, 138, 141, 168, 231–35
International NGO Conference on Disarmament, 248
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 265, 271
International Red Cross, 121
international relations of prewar Japan, 1–2, 3
International X-Ray and Radium Protection Committee, 107
internment of Japanese Americans, 12, 186
in-utero radiation exposure
and ABCC research, 189–90, 193, 239
and long-term radiation effects, 245–46
and medical care laws, 221
and microcephaly, 177
and radiation effects on newborns, 135–36
Ishida Masako, 147, 158, 169
Iwakura Tsutomu, 238
Iyonaga Yasumasa, 105
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), 213
Japanese Cabinet, 26, 91
Japanese Home Ministry, 118
Japanese Imperial Army Air Forces, 5
Japanese Ministry of Education, 11
Japanese National Railway, 37
Japan 1945 (O’Donnell), 278
Japanese Red Cross Society, 87, 195, 220
Japan Telecommunication Workers’ Union, 215
John Paul II, pope, 250–51
Josei Girls’ High School, 102
Junshin Girls’ High School, 161–62
justifications for use of atomic weapons, xvi, 148–53, 149
kaimyo (posthumous names), 293
kaiten (suicide torpedoes), 27
kamikaze corps, 15
kamishibai, 294–96
Kanazawa Etsuko. See Nagano Etsuko
kataribe movement, 270–72, 277, 280, 282–83, 288, 296–97
Katsuyama Elementary School, 46
Kawanami Shipyard, 27
Kawatana Kyosai Hospital, 100
Keiho Girls’ High School, 22–23
keloid scars, 157, 160, 252, 252, 299–300, 300
Kim Masako, 225
Kitamura Seibo, 200
kodo (Imperial Way), 5, 6
kokutai, 5, 6, 66, 91, 92
Korean population of Japan
and aftermath of bombing, 80
and casualties of bombing, 130
and civil defense, 37
and forced labor, 13, 133, 275
and militarism of Japan, 3
and Nagasaki Testimonial Society, 245
and prisoners, 47
and survivors’ health care, 224–25
and Yamazato-machi Recollection Committee, 242
Korean War, 195, 198
Krakauer, Jon, 268–69
Kuboyama Aikichi, 211
Kyuma Hisako, 81
Kyushu island, 1, 27, 29, 76
Laurence, William L., 44
League of Nations, 5
legacy campaigns, 296
leukemia, 173, 177, 219, 221, 245, 260
Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia (LARA), 140
Life, 195–96, 197
Life Span Study, 192–93
Lifton, Robert Jay, 157
Lindee, M. Susan, 191
Little Boy, 30
Living Beneath the Atomic Cloud (Nagai), 162
Los Alamos, New Mexico, 107, 109
Lucky Dragon No. 5 (fishing vessel), 210–12
Lynch, Keith, 117
MacArthur, Douglas, 109–10, 144, 145, 169
McGovern, Daniel, 132
Maehata Hideko, 10
Manchuria, 5, 27, 32, 35, 92
Manhattan Project, 28, 44, 107, 109
Manila, Philippines, 147
marriage for hibakusha, 233–34
Marshall Islands, 210, 211
Martyrs’ Hill, 251
Maruyama district, 7
Masako taorezu [Masako Did Not Die] (Ishida), 147, 158
Matsuo Ranko, 271–72, 283, 289
Matsuyama-machi, 241
Matsuyama Yukari (Wada Koichi’s granddaughter), 296
Matsuzoe Hiroshi, 259–60, 294
media access, 149, 196–97
medical aid and relief, 54, 55–56, 121–22, 182–85. See also specific hospitals
medical records of bomb victims
and ABCC research, 182, 186
and antinuclear activism, 290
and autopsies, 104–5
and cremation of bomb victims, 88
and effects of radiation exposure, 177–78
and hibakusha activism, 225–27, 236, 240
and personal accounts of bomb victims, 222
and Taniguchi’s efforts, 154–55
U.S. confiscation of, 112, 148, 227
medical research, 148, 181, 182–85. See also scientific research on bomb effects
Megumi no Oka (Hill of Grace Nagasaki A-Bomb Home), 251
Memorial Day for the Restoration of Peace, 146
memorials, 198, 212, 240–42, 253, 295–96
Memorial Service for the Atomic Bomb Victims, 198
Miake Kenji, 88
Michino-o Station, 78
microcephaly, 177, 178, 190, 226
militarism of Japan, 5, 10–12, 13–14, 23
Ministry of Education (Tokyo), 120
Ministry of Home Affairs, 89
Mitsubishi Arms Factory Ohashi Plant
and accounts of bombing, 42–43, 50, 50, 53, 58, 60, 72, 208
and modern Nagasaki, 274
and peace activism, 214
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 143
and wartime Nagasaki, 23
Mitsubishi Athletic Field, 90
Mitsubishi Electric, 16, 57, 86
Mitsubishi Shipyard and Machinery Works
and Nagasaki’s background, 4
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 127, 141, 199
postwar role of, 138
and wartime Nagasaki, 9, 11, 27
Miyajima Takeshi
and care of Do-oh Mineko, 61, 63, 97, 121–22, 136
Matsuzoe Hiroshi’s painting of, 259
Mizuta Hisako. See Wada Hisako
Mortality Detection Network, 185–86
Motohara Hill, 76, 102
Motoshima Hitoshi, 258–59, 268
Mou, iya da
! [We’ve Had Enough!] (testimony collection), 232
Mount Inasa, 274
Mount Kinugasa, 58
Mount Kompira, 38, 74, 275
Mount Tohakkei, 45
mugamuchu, 72
Murai, Sugako, 174
Murayama Tomiichi, 268
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 238
Muste, A. J., 148–49
Nagai Kayano, 128, 147, 244
Nagai Takashi, 128, 170, 171–72, 172
Nagano Etsuko, 17, 115
and accounts of bombing, 38, 39, 43, 45–47, 57–58, 63, 68, 72–75, 80
brother’s death, 80
and commemorations of bombing, 200
and effects of radiation exposure, 113–15
father’s death, 177–78
interviews with, xiv
and Japanese surrender, 95
later years of, 279–81, 296–98, 298
marriage, 207–8
mother’s death, 263
and peace activism, 214, 237, 252, 261–63, 262, 272, 277, 279–81, 289, 295
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 85, 127, 136–38, 138–39, 168–69
and public awareness efforts, xvii
reconciliation with mother, 263
and rescue efforts after bombing, 87
search for employment, 179
sister’s death, 114
suicidal thoughts, 160
and wartime Nagasaki, 16–21
Nagano Kuniko, 115
and accounts of bombing, 73–74
burial place of, 297–98
and commemorations of bombing, 200
death of, 137
and effects of radiation exposure, 113–15
and Nagano Etsuko’s activism, 280
and wartime Nagasaki, 16, 20
Nagano Seiji, 115
and accounts of bombing, 73–75, 80
burial place, 297–98
and commemorations of bombing, 200
death of, 137
and Nagano Etsuko’s activism, 280
and wartime Nagasaki, 16–17, 20
Nagano Shina, 297
Nagano Wakamatsu, 31, 53–55, 65, 67, 75
Nagasaki A-Bomb Home, 251
“Nagasaki Atomic Bomb and Its Influences, The” (class), 259
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital, 220, 290
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
author’s experience, xi,
described, 275, 288
and NASM exhibit controversy, 267
and peace activism, 246, 247, 272, 286
and peace education programs, 283, 294, 295–96
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council (Hisaikyo), 220–21, 299, 300
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Youth Association, 215, 232, 244, 255
Nagasaki Bay, 88, 115–16, 124, 273
Nagasaki Bombing: A Surviving Doctor’s Testimony, The (Akizuki), 243
Nagasaki City Atomic Bomb Records Preservation Committee, 198
Nagasaki City Hall, 199
Nagasaki Commercial School, 70
Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace (NFPP)
and kataribe presentations, 277, 283
and peace activism, 253, 255, 259–60, 262–63, 269–72, 286, 289
and peace education programs, 295–96
Nagasaki genbaku ki: Hibaku ishi no shogen (Akizuki), 243
Nagasaki genbaku sensaishi [Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage], 247
Nagasaki Harbor, 4, 199
Nagasaki International Culture City Construction Law, 169
Nagasaki International Culture Hall, 200
Nagasaki Medical College
and ABCC research, 188
and accounts of bombing, 37, 42, 47, 53–55, 56
and aerial views of Nagasaki, 90
and care of bomb victims, 121, 124
extent of bomb damage, 81
and Japanese surrender, 95
and Nagasaki’s background, 3
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 141, 142, 143, 160
and radiation illness victims, 99–100
and reports of Hiroshima bombing, 31
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 131
and wartime Nagasaki, 15, 25, 27
Nagasaki Military Government Team (NMGT), 158, 169
Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, 275, 293–94
Nagasaki no kane (Nagai), 147, 169, 170, 171
Nagasaki no shogen (Nagasaki Testimonial Society), 244
Nagasaki Peace Park, 203, 258–59, 275, 299
Nagasaki Peace Statue, 200–201, 203, 259, 299
Nagasaki Prefecture
and accounts of bombing, 67, 75–76
Catholic population of, 274
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 87–88
and radiation effects, 100
and responses to bombing, 53–54
Nagasaki Prefecture Technical School, 35
Nagasaki Prison, 47, 70
Nagasaki Shimbun Company, 31
Nagasaki Station, 11
and accounts of bombing, 46–47, 57
and modern Nagasaki, 274
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 87–88, 143, 168–69, 170
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 131
and wartime Nagasaki, 10, 15–16
Nagasaki Streetcar Company, 129, 253
Nagasaki Streetcar Company Memorial, 253–54, 254
Nagasaki Testimonial Society, 243, 245
Nagasaki University, 179, 259, 289
Nagasaki University Hospital, 206
Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 198, 219–20, 239, 258, 275
Nagasaki Women’s Society, 244
Nakashima River, 8, 273
Nakashima Valley, 54
Nanjing massacre, 267
National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 267–68
National Diet (Japan), 212, 220–21
National Folk Dance Training Course, 159
National Institute of Health (Japan), 181
National Research Council (U.S.), 181
National Volunteer Fighting Corps, 27
New Yorker, 150
New York Times, 109
NHK Radio, 93
Niblo, Winfield, 158–59
Nielsen, Olive V. McDaniel, 269
Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), 213
Nippon Eiga-sha (Japanese Film Company), 112
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, 226–27
Nishimori Issei, 182
Nishinaka-machi Catholic Church, 4, 199
Nishioka Takejiro, 31
Nishiyama-machi, 223
Nixon, Richard, 240
Nobel Peace Prize, 283–84
nonproliferation efforts, 210, 284–85
nuclear accidents, 290
nuclear fallout, 108, 210, 264
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conferences, 284–85, 285, 294–95
nuclear weapons development
American perceptions of, 264
and censorship, 153
and civil defense paradigms, 246
and Cold War, 197
and effects of radiation exposure, 107
and international arms reduction efforts, 284
and peace activism, 209–12, 215, 223, 244, 247–50, 251–53
and protests against U.S. warships, 258
South Pacific, 143
Trinity test, 29, 113
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 146
U.S. public support for, 14
8–53
and world stockpiles, 197, 249, 284
Nyokodo residence, 170, 173
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 223
Obama, Barack, 283
Obama, Japan, 114, 115, 136–37, 280
occupation forces
and Atomic Field, 123
crimes of (in Nagasaki), 158
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 115–21, 122, 158–59, 169, 198
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 144
O’Donnell, Joe, 124, 278
Ohashi Bridge, 274
Okada Ikuyo, 291–93
Okada Jukichi, 67
Olivi, Frederick, 44
Omura, Japan, 59, 78, 114, 126
Omura Bay, 45
Omura National Hospital (formerly Omura Naval Hospital), 41, 103, 104, 105, 148
and care of bomb victims, 121, 125
and long-term bomb survival, 153
and peace activism, 226–27, 238–39
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 159–60
and Taniguchi’s recovery, 167
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 132
Omura Station, 106, 165
onigiri, 75, 86, 87, 96, 139
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 107
orphans, 134–35
Osa Eiko. See Taniguchi Eiko
Oura Church, 169
Oyama Takami, xvii
Pacific Proving Grounds, 210
Pacific War, 267, 287
pacifism, 212
pancreatitis, 254–55
“Peace Guides,” 296
Peace Park, 275
Pearl Harbor attack
and antinuclear activism, 238
and Japanese militarism, 6, 12
and NASM exhibit controversy, 264–66
and peace activism, 278, 286
and war declaration, 194
and wartime Nagasaki, 22, 23
pediatric medicine for hibakusha, 186–92. See also child victims of bombings; in-utero radiation exposure
photography, 124, 195, 236, 265, 278, 288
Pius XII, pope, 171
plutonium weapons, 31–32, 41, 107, 109
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 277, 278
Potsdam Declaration, 29–30, 66, 146, 152
pregnancies and radiation, 135–36, 190, 191–92. See also in-utero radiation exposure
preparedness, 53–54. See also civil defense
prisoners of war (POWs)
and accounts of bombing, 37
casualties and survivors of bombing, 84
casualties of Nagasaki bomb, 48
and decision to target Nagasaki, 29
and effects of radiation exposure, 110–11
and Japanese surrender, 94
and NASM exhibit controversy, 264, 267
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 100
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 116
proliferation of nuclear weapons, 249, 272, 284