It's 75 years since the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Atomic Bomb Dome, as it is known today is seen at dusk in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, southern Japan. Source: Eugene Hoshiko

There are an estimated 136,700 survivors left, many of whom were infants or unborn children at the time of the attacks. Michiko Kodama is a hibakusha, an atomic bomb survivor. This year, she and other survivors took to an online gathering to share their stories on Japan's #Hiroshima75 and Nagasaki anniversary #被爆75年 pic.twitter.com/5mDkQYVg2iTanaka was 13 when the bomb hit his hometown. The attack on Nagasaki killed 74,000 people and came three days after a first bomb devastated the city of Hiroshima, killing 140,000.

At 74, Jiro Hamasumi is among the youngest survivors of the attacks. His mother was pregnant with him in Hiroshima when the bomb struck.

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