"I felt an interest in the atomic bombings," says representative of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims Association during a European campaign tour (Kyodo News)

Shigemitsu Tanaka (84), representative of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hidankyo), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, gave a speech in his hometown of Nagasaki on the 23rd, in which he spoke about his campaign tour of Spain and France in January calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, saying, "The rallies were overflowing with people, and I was able to see the students and citizens' attit…