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Mito Kosei, 78, was exposed to radiation in the womb when an atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. For 20 years or so, he's ...

Fukuchi was 14 when he was exposed to radiation from the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and was only about 1 km from the hypocenter. He moved to Tokyo after the war and operated a variety shop in ...

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Hisashi Ouchi would a fatal dose of radiation while working at Japan's Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant, dying 83 days later.

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on each Japanese city on August 6 and 9, 1945 -- the only times nuclear weapons have been used in warfare. Days later Japan surrendered. Around 140,000 people ...

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Scientists have been arguing about the health risks from radiation since the end of the 19th century, when radioactivity was ...