Kiyoshi Tanimoto
United KingdomsurvivorMaleb. 19098.5Global Dominance: 0.00%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 is the author of the memoir capturing the devastation of Hiroshima.
‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima | JapanUnited Kingdom· 2026-07-25
Kiyoshi Tanimoto was Koko's father and a prominent figure in advocating for peace after the bombing of Hiroshima.
‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness | JapanUnited Kingdom· 2026-07-25
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 | BooksUnited Kingdom· 2026-06-23
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
Panama· 2025-08-06
Kiyoshi Tanimoto was a Methodist pastor who suffered from acute radiation syndrome after the bombing.
Cómo el reportaje de un periodista sobre Hiroshima burló la censura y reveló el verdadero horror de la bomba atómica
Bolivia· 2025-08-06
