Makoto Matsumura (left), head of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, and Keiko Hiyama, the association's executive director, during an interview in the city of Hiroshima on July 23 | JIJI
JIJI
Aug 6, 2026
Eighty-one years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, it is becoming increasingly difficult to hand down the memories of hibakusha within families.
According to a survey conducted by the city of Hiroshima’s board of education in fiscal 2025, fewer than 20% of students in elementary, junior high and high school said they had the chance to listen to their grandparents’ stories about the atomic bombing and World War II — half the figure seen in the previous survey 10 years earlier.
The survey conducted on 3,630 students in fiscal 2025 was the first since fiscal 2015. A similar survey has been conducted every five years since fiscal 1995 to grasp the awareness of peace among children. No survey was conducted in fiscal 2020.
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