1. Sumiteru Taniguchi was a Japanese anti-nuclear activist and survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, who was chairman of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers.
11 Facts About Sumiteru Taniguchi
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Sumiteru Taniguchi's mother died when he was a year and a half old.
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In early 1943, Sumiteru Taniguchi began working as a carrier for the Nishiura-Kami post office in Nagasaki.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi continued this into 1945 when the nuclear explosion took place.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi returned to work back at the post office in Nagasaki shortly upon discharge despite needing to receive medical treatment and doctors advising him that he would not be able to.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi's wounds were not treated properly until 1960 and continued to cause him great physical discomfort until his death.
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From 2007 until his death, Sumiteru Taniguchi had undergone ten surgeries to remove benign growths.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi had multiple skin grafting surgeries on his back and left arm.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi devoted his life to informing people of the consequences of the 1945 atomic bombing and campaigning against nuclear proliferation.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi made frequent public appearances to speak to student groups and participate in demonstrations calling for nuclear disarmament.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi died of duodenal papilla cancer in Nagasaki on 30 August 2017 at the age of 88.