Paul Guggenheimer Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 12:01 a.m. | Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 12:01 a.m. They are called the “hibakusha,” the survivors of the atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima 75 years ago ...

When the bomb exploded ... sickness — “atomic bomb disease”. They suffered from fever, vomiting and skin spots, lost their hair, bled heavily and their white blood cell count plunged.

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing ... one who handed him a wreath of white flowers. The following year, Fukahori represented the bomb victims at a ceremony, making ...