HIROSHIMA, Japan — Shortly before the 80 th anniversary of nuclear attack on Hiroshima early this month, several dozen elementary school students met with atomic bomb survivor and farmer Toshiyuki Mimaki to hear his experiences.

Mimaki, 83, is the vice-chair of Nihon Hidankyo , an organization of "hibakusha," or a-bomb survivors, who are working to abolish nuclear weapons. The group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

They met at the Nakajima community center, about three tenths of a mile from ground zero. Nearly everyone and everything in the neighborhood were obliterated on August 6 th , 1945. The bombing killed about 140,000 people in total by the end of 1945.

"Did you know that a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?" Mimaki asked the students.

"Yes," they rep

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