An era will eventually come when there are no more survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing in Japan. Will the vigor that Hiroshima and Nagasaki have sustained in calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons be maintained far into the future? That question was on my mind when I served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture for 16 years through last year.Personal testimonies and messages from survivors are invaluable and unquestionably the source of the atomic-bombed cities' ability to communicate and exert influence, but it is also undeniable that efforts have depended too heavily on survivors.For…READ FULL ARTICLE
