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Kyoko HASEGAWA

UNCOVERED: Nobel prize a timely reminder hiroshima locals say - The Untold Story

Around 140,000 people died when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 (Credit: AFP)

Just like the dwindling group of survivors now recognised with a Nobel prize, the residents of Hiroshima hope that the world never forgets the atomic bombing of 1945 -- now more than ever.

Susumu Ogawa, 84, was five when the bomb dropped by the United States all but obliterated the Japanese city 79 years ago, and many of his family were among the 140,000 people killed.

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