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“This will put you at a disadvantage for marriage,’ my father warned me. I weighed my options. I was a young woman and healthy for a hibakusha. I decided not to apply for the hibakusha techou (a booklet administered to atomic bomb victims that subsidizes their health care costs), for fear that my soon-to-be husband would find it.”

Location: Hiroshima
Distance from hypocenter: 2.5km

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You are sick. But you still have hope. And your hope becomes a symbol for peace and nuclear disarmament that inspires the world.