Cancers caused by radiation from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago have killed or will kill under 1 per cent of those who initially survived the explosions and radiation exposure, according to a comprehensive new study.
About 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki are believed to have died by the end of 1945 from the effects of blast, heat and acute radiation poisoning. At an 80th anniversary ceremony in Nagasaki on Saturday, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it was essential to pass down memories of the “brutal impact of the harm wrought by the atomic bombings”.
一项最新综合研究显示，80年前广岛和长崎核爆辐射的初期幸存者中，只有不到1%的人已经死于或将死于癌症。据估计，到1945年底，广岛约有14万人、长崎约有7.4万人死于爆炸冲击波、高温和急性放射性中毒。上周六在长崎举行的80周年纪念仪式上，日本首相石破茂(Shigeru Ishiba)表示，必须将“原子弹轰炸所造成的残酷危害”铭记并传承下去。