Survivors determined to tell horrors of nuclear bombing that is part of Japanese psyche

By Philip Wen
Updated August 6 2015 - 1:08am, first published August 5 2015 - 9:31pm
Reiko Toida was nine years old when the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Photo: Philip Wen
Reiko Toida was nine years old when the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Photo: Philip Wen
Akinori Hara 73, survived the bombing of Hiroshima. Photo: Philip Wen
Akinori Hara 73, survived the bombing of Hiroshima. Photo: Philip Wen

Tokyo: Reiko Toida's eyes and mouth widen in unison, as though she still struggles to compute the enormity of what she witnessed as a nine-year-old.

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