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Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and historian embraced by Obama, dies at 88
Mori identified 12 American POWs killed in Hiroshima’s atomic bombing and informed their families, earning Japan’s Kikuchi Kan Prize for his decades of historical research.
- Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing and historian, died at 88 in Hiroshima.
- He was embraced by former U.S. President Barack Obama during Obama's 2016 visit to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting U.S. president.
- Mori authored a book identifying 12 American prisoners-of-war killed in the Hiroshima bombing, winning a prestigious Japanese cultural award in 2016.
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Shigeaki Mori, Japanese survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and historian, but best known for the strong embrace given him by then-American President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ago, has passed away. He was 88 years old. Born in 1937, Mori was 8 years old when he survived the American attack of August 6, 1945, just 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) from the explosion. Some 30 years later, he discovered a little know…
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Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and historian embraced by Obama, dies at 88
Japanese atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori has died at age 88. Mori was a historian and best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S.
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