Sunao Tsuboi
Japanese activist
Sunao Tsuboi (坪井 直, Tsuboi Sunao, May 5, 1925 – October 24, 2021)[1] was a Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist.
Sunao Tsuboi | |
|---|---|
坪井 直 | |
| Born | May 5, 1925 |
| Died | October 24, 2021 (aged 96) Hiroshima, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Organization | Nihon Hidankyo |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Tsuboi.
He was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He was the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japan-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers.[2]
In 2011 he was awarded the Kiyoshi Tanimoto peace prize.[3]
Tsuboi died on October 24, 2021 in Hiroshima at the age of 96.[4]
References
change- ↑ Sasha Maslov Photography Veterans - Sunao Tsuboi Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved August 31, 2015
- ↑ Nihon Hidankyo website About Us Retrieved August 31, 2015
- ↑ "Thinking about Peace" Experience Counts Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Retrieved September 1, 2015
- ↑ Sunao Tsuboi, A-bomb survivor who met Obama in Hiroshima, dies at 96
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