Kiyoshi Tanimoto

Kiyoshi Tanimoto

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Kiyoshi Tanimoto was a Methodist minister in Hiroshima who experienced the atomic bombing firsthand. He suffered from acute radiation syndrome and became one of the six survivors whose stories were told by journalist John Hersey in his influential article, shedding light on the horrors of the event.

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Kiyoshi Tanimoto was a Hiroshima Methodist priest and survivor whose memoir about the atomic bombing will be published for the first time this summer.

Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive | Books
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-06-23
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Kiyoshi Tanimoto was a Methodist pastor who experienced acute radiation syndrome after the bombing.

El reportaje de un periodista sobre Hiroshima que burló la censura y reveló al mundo el verdadero horror de la bomba atómica
La Prensa – leading Panamanian daily, est. 1980·PanamaPanama· 2025-08-06
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