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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The Only Double Atomic Bomb Survivor

10/9/2025

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person Japan recognizes as surviving both atomic bombings.
He was in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, when the first bomb exploded, injuring him.
He returned to Nagasaki the next day and survived August 9 bombing, enduring health effects.
He spoke out after years of silence; recognized as a double survivor in 2009 and died in 2010.

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Story summary

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person Japan recognizes as surviving both atomic bombings.
He was in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, when the first bomb exploded, injuring him.
He returned to Nagasaki the next day and survived August 9 bombing, enduring health effects.
He spoke out after years of silence; recognized as a double survivor in 2009 and died in 2010.