Setsuko Thurlow was exposed to the atomic bomb at the age of 1.8 km from the hypocenter of Hiroshima. She has been calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons around the world for more than half a century.
He has received an honorary doctorate in letters from his alma mater, Hiroshima Jogakuin University, and gave a lecture in front of 500 current students. He appealed to the students, "I want them to inherit the memories and thoughts of the A-bomb survivors"