Hiroshima A-bomb survivor Sunao Tsuboi, who became a prominent campaigner for nuclear disarmament, had died aged 96.
Sunao Tsuboi was among a handful of Hiroshima survivors who met Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city in 2016.TOKYO - Hiroshima A-bomb survivor Sunao Tsuboi, who became a prominent campaigner for nuclear disarmament and met Barack Obama on his historic visit to the city, has died aged 96, his advocacy group said.
Then aged 20, he picked up a small rock and wrote on the ground"Tsuboi dies here", before losing consciousness and waking up several weeks later. Tsuboi was among a handful of Hiroshima survivors who met then US President Obama when he visited the city in 2016.
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