Michio Hakariya had been trying to share his experiences of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki with foreign audiences for some years when he began to feel that his inability to speak directly to them in their own language was blunting his message.Despite his advanced years, the response of the retired high school science teacher, now 83, was to study English."That's how you get your emotions across," said Hakariya on why he now no longer uses an interpreter in his speech. "Since it's my own experience, I thought it's important to talk about it myself...even if I don't speak good English, i…READ FULL ARTICLE
