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People in Hiroshima, Nagasaki Reiterate Call for Peace

People in Hiroshima, Nagasaki Reiterate Call for Peace

   Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two Japanese cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in the closing days of World War II, reiterated their call for peace Saturday, a day after the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors, was named this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
   A 63-year-old company employee who was visiting Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park praised the hibakusha group, known as Nihon Hidankyo, saying, "I bow to the hard work of continuing activities since the years immediately after the end of World War II." He added, "I hope that Hiroshima will be able to convey to the world its wish for eliminating nuclear weapons and war."
   Kenta Miyazaki, a 24-year-old professional bicycle road racer from Hiroshima's Higashi Ward, said: "In Hiroshima, the Group of Seven summit was just held in May last year. I hope the winning (of the Nobel Peace Prize) will make Hiroshima more widely recognized as a symbol of peace."
   A 70-year-old woman from Naka Ward in the city said that Nihon Hidankyo was named the winner "because threats of using nuclear weapons are increasing now."
   "I'm really glad that Nihon Hidankyo was named the winner," said Kazuhiro Saito, a 69-year-old from Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, who visited a peace park in Nagasaki. "It'd be best if nuclear weapons disappeared, but it has been difficult to do so due to the circumstances of countries. I hope the winning will be an opportunity" to abolish such weapons, he said.

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