Hiroshima survivor tells her story as G7 world leaders meet in the Japanese city

As world leaders converge on Hiroshima, Japan, for the G7 world leaders meeting, we hear the incredible story of survival of one woman who was living in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb nearly 80 years ago.
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[@daynaal-shammary5141]

She looks amazing for being 99 years old and still going strong. Beautiful lady, her sisters are right up there with her. She is a true treasure to her family.

[@moaziz23]

99 years old? Holy crap. I thought she was 70-80

[@enditakamweneshe6428]

In most cases this is due to the type of lifestyle that people get to look really good at this age.

[@Brainwashed101]

@@moaziz23 That would make her too young for WW2!

[@kimmoore0427]

​@@Brainwashed101the bomb was dropped 80 years ago. So she mustve been in her 20s

[@gwen3393]

If the United States would care about the food we eat, the cleanliness of our waters and encourage individuals to have gardens of their own and quit poisoning us, we too could live close to her age! As it is with hormones, steroids and who knows what they put in our animals and crops, that's why a 12 year old looks like a 20 yr old! I've never in 65 years seen children look like young adults except in this age and era! What man is doing will come back to bite him!

[@kaleimaile]

In Japanese culture, we usually celebrate someone’s 100th birthday when they turn 99 years old b/c when they’re born, they’re considered 1 already. I got to attend my grandma and great grandmother’s 100th birthday party.

[@rightforme]

my grandma was born in Hiroshima, she was 12 years old when the bomb was dropped. she passed in 2013 RIP Grandma!

[@thinkingcat1416]

Hmm 🤔, did you know I'm from nation that your nation do something bad things to my nation and another nation's ❓🤔 Sorry 🙏 😿, but you must learn what your nation did toward another nation's ❗

[@rightforme]

@@thinkingcat1416 I know of both nations have done alot of bad things to other nations. My grandmother was Japanese (Asako Nankaku) not just born there. my grandfather was polish. my fathers side is german, indian and swedish. Thank you though I do wish more people will learn, my grandma had only items and make the food everything else I had to learn on my own. she would only say once I am still learning thing everyday (slowly) thank you ありがと ございます 🙂

[@bibiminjeju-do8067]

​@@rightforme that makes u being a polyglot and multicultural person 😊❤(love from india and nepal)

[@Rosmah_Mansor_Uwek]

​@@thinkingcat1416 I know how Japanese Imperial army did to most of the asian& asean country during 1920s-1940s .....now they ask for forgiveness by creating some weebos and anime and jav fo r the world

[@thinkingcat1416]

@@Rosmah_Mansor_Uwek i hate kadrun too ❗ I bet you are from Indonesia ❗ Relax, I'm not like to generalizing all Japanese bad people's ❗

[@shortferal]

Forgiveness means you felt wronged. So not a total admission there were deeper feelings of woundedness or betrayal. She did say it was the war itself that caused her painful loss. Seems like a genuinely beautiful soul, I hope she lives well beyond her upcoming 100th birthday. This world needs her witness and her hard won wisdom in it.

[@antihypocrisy8978]

Her country and leaders still won't admit to what Japan did to Korea and other Asian countries. Hiroshima is peanuts in comparison.

[@jennifercoleman6218]

I don't understand why they forgive us. They had no reason too. Guess they are better people then us!

[@oliverroses]

If you don’t understand then you need to watch less videos in KZbin and start to pay attention to your history class. Japanese definitely better people than the Americans now but in the WW2, people in Asian only can say thank you for the atom boom that ended Japanese invasion. The torture, human experiment, rape…etc ended.

[@Colorbrush21]

I clicked into the original link. She looks amazing. She will be 100 but looks about 78 or 79. Her voice is youthful, her skin is smooth, her mind is sharp, and she just has a youthful vigor and energy. Her sisters will be 96 and 98 and they are young looking too. She says the secret to a long life is eating rice everyday and learning to forgive.

[@sluggy6074]

And they say radiation won't give you super powers.

[@karunak5983]

​@@sluggy6074 😅

[@harrynac6017]

And you posted on the original link 😁

[@AlexandraZe]

She looks 78 or 79? Lol, why not say she looks 75 or 80? 😅

[@anonymouswashingtoncenter3462]

Way to dodge what the video is about

[@chochosan1981]

My mother was also in Hiroshima when the atom bomb fell. Her and my uncle were on a train on the outskirts of the city going to work. All she heard was a loud boom then saw a large mushroom cloud. Her mother and her 2 youngest sisters were killed. Oddly enough her father was a Japanese American from Hawaii that was working for the US army as a translator at that time. A few years later she moved to Hawaii and met my dad, married and had my sister and I. When I was 12 years old, my mom, sister and I went to Japan to visit her family for 5 weeks. She was the only sibling among 1 brother, and 2 sisters to move to the US. we visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and I was horrified by the pictures of the survivors after the bomb fell. She took us to the memorial that has 1000 cranes and stated that my 2 aunts that perished were on a list there. She was not angry at the US per say, she was just angry that the president at that time ordered the bomb to be dropped over a civilian city.

[@NickGamerZtv]

It is very so very simple explaination why US drop atomic bomb because you japanese keep invading countries thats why US force to drop atomic bomb solve the problem.. thats all 😂😂

[@cancanjaker1620]

Amazing. America has NEVER express any remorse over killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians. They are not ashamed of dropping the nuclear bomb and even account it as being a hero for that.

[@NickGamerZtv]

@@cancanjaker1620 it is plain and simple man japanese army and emperor before is invading country they US TRIED TO TALK japanese but japanese army and emperor never listen so what choice do you have if you were american it is simple explanation bro hahahaha

[@MagarMaharaj]

That's right leaders are to blame not a race or a nation. Hitler is hated not germany.

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@cancanjaker1620 I'm not American. But I thank America for liberating all Asians From the Japanese invaders. America gave Japan a chance to surrender so many times because it didn't want to drop the bomb . After Hiroshima, the Americans gave Japan another chance to surrender but still ignored America's warning, so the second bomb was dropped in Nagasaki. Why should America apologize to Japan. Do you want to apologize to your rapist and murderer ?

[@phillipbateman2284]

Still looking lovely after surviving the worst nightmare. An amazing story. She must have been so scared trying to find her home and what was left.

[@Zapa-pd6sw]

Cant lie, she looks amazing in her age 99 and back in 22. Glad she was survived.

[@matador_king]

This story made me cry I wish her and her family well

[@butchmitch731]

A too brief glimpse into the amazing life of a remarkable person. In ancient days, it was custom to spare one, onely one, just so that the story might be told. Told right and well. There were no books. Thru this woman's strength and courage, perhaps that custom may, for some, be better appreciated today.

[@geemanbmw]

Well said mitch

[@nativechique7589]

There's a Porates of the Carribean movie with that theme as well

[@ici_coop]

Thank you for telling this history. 🕊️ What a horror to live through. And at nearly 100 being able to tell her story. I pray G7 attendants watch this 💔

[@markiedada-ph2qi]

Even if they watch it ,it won't change a thing.thier political ambitions supercede any humanity or race...

[@aag1140]

These crimes had done on humanities should never be happened again on this planet.

[@GKP999]

I visited Tokyo recently. I was immensely impressed with the city, clean, efficient, organized, and safe. The people are well-behaved in public, not loud talking, playing music loudly, eating on the streets and on public transportation. The public transportation is super efficient, clean, comfortable, convenient and safe. So unlike most cities in the US. There is much we can learn from the Japanese.

[@Bargadiel]

I share the same sentiment, thanks for sharing. Hard to describe how it feels to walk the streets there vs here.

[@samgspot]

I respect history and all, but I pray that we will never have to use a nuke on citizens ever again. ever.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing.

[@chriskozak4966]

Incredible woman! She looks so youthful & energetic & sharp for 100 yrs old. Glad she chose Forgiveness & Love of life that led her to a positive outcome. Great story, thanks for sharing.❤

[@perfectionnotallowed6093]

She’s amazing! Thank you for capturing this opportunity for us to all meet her. 💜

[@patrickjcarangelo587]

May God Bless all who have lost lives 🙏❤️😇.

[@Baybieangel209]

My great grandmother pass 5 months before her 110th birthday. She ate a lot of fish and vegetables with her rice. I don't want to live that long because I will feel lonely to outlive most of my family 🥺💔

[@lindajones9304]

Me too😢

[@nancyminui9108]

The devastation in the aftermath was horrendous! People even far from it suffered injuries such as their eyeballs being cooked! My teacher in 7th grade had me read a book about it for extra work and she had me make tests up for it because I was ahead of the rest of my grade.

[@MrEjidorie]

I lived in Hiroshima for nearly two years in 1980`s, and some of colleagues and my landlady were A-bomb survivors and witnesses. To my surprise, I`ve never seen any anti-American sentiments among them. They were traumatized by A-bombing, but they had no grudge against the United States. Instead, they strongly wished that Hiroshima would the first and last city which was nuked.

[@butterfliesarefreetofly6964]

What a beautiful lady!! Shes almost 100 & moves better than I do! She is an amazing beautiful lady💜

[@akankshadash7129]

Hats off to this survivor

[@janicemabrey5659]

Bless your soul, Mrs Ty!

[@msace6710]

WOW! This story. That woman was a survivor of something sooooo devastating, the ATTACK on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Then she is so beautiful and is going to be 100 years old with her mind and her memory. I am so blown away. OMG! When I was in high school the students and the teachers simply went over dates. We did not go into any details or even think that there could be survivors and what the conditions were after. WOW!

[@edithamisajon7371]

moments to remember ...❤😢

[@jennyferrios245]

Beautiful lady and family. So sad she lost her sibling. 🥰

[@TheRealKlinky]

What a lovely lady!

[@delix787]

I truly believe regardless whatever trauma that we go through, human beings are not built to have one single emotion our entire lives, regardless what we tell ourselves in that exact moment. Eventually we all move on!

[@dvf4550]

I had a roommate from Japan years ago. She told me the other bomb was intended to go to Kokura (where her parents were) but because of cloud cover it was dropped on Nagasaki. She said but for that she would never have been born because her parents would have been killed.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

It’s an urban legend in Japan. There’s no evidence that Kokura was the alternate target. But in Japan it’s called the “Luck of Kokura”. I do believe that Kitakyushu was a target though.

[@Morgan313]

That was covered on the KZbin channel “The Infographics Show”

[@dvf4550]

@@zeitgeistx5239 I might be wrong on the name of the originally targeted city's name, as she told me this years ago. But her parents were definitely in the originally targeted city and we're spared because cloud cover necessitated a target location change. According to what she said her parents told her. She, btw, ended up being raised in both Japan and the United States because of her father's profession.

[@tenouttatendoes3843]

Japanese people are truly amazing smart people I am too very proud of our friendship after everything ❤

[@dotmarceo]

Is it a friendship? Oh.

[@sunitpandey2532]

@@dotmarceo Good question bro. Friendship with the US is always fatal.

[@iUnderstand]

Same. I was working in a Japanese company in America and at least once a day I couldn't help but find myself thinking about how amazing it is to be in such a good place with each other, considering the past..

[@antihypocrisy8978]

You should read what the Japanese did to Asia in the 40's. Hiroshima is peanuts in comparison.

[@tenouttatendoes3843]

oh I know Japanese were naughty naughty love em more for it there history makes them interesting got a nuke dropped on em then they have 1 of the largest nuclear power plants in the world anime cars food samurai very resilient

[@eldenvolt]

It must be sad watching your friends and known ones getting vaporized in moments 😢

[@cher236]

What an amazing and sad experience. She is a lovely woman.

[@gamgamdabest8327]

Wow ! I just started crying and can’t stop. The cruelty of war.

[@AMI-ei9br]

What an amazing story and an amazing lady!

[@millabasset1710]

it takes a strong character to move on from something unforgivable, what a woman.

[@nusac124]

God bless this family

[@dialygarayua9144]

She is such a beautiful soul. 99 years beautiful ❤100 years ❤️ beautiful soul .a heart full of happiness, forgiveness and wisdom.

[@billyhickman1591]

What a beautiful beautiful woman inside and out

[@LaLadybug2011]

How I wish this woman was a neighbor-would be so amazing to be friends with her/her sisters. If only citizens made the rules---we could have world peace.

[@angeo3830]

🥹 so beautiful and thanks for sharing a piece of history with us

[@peni1641]

I wonder if any Hiroshima survivor has written a book about their experience?

[@chochosan1981]

I'm not sure if any survivor has written a book but if you have a chance you should visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. It has pictures of the survivors after the bomb. It shows shadows of people etched onto concrete and other horrific scenes. If you have a weak stomach, I suggest you skip the museum, but it will show you the horrors of a atom bomb.

[@equiaux_music]

An AMazing Day to start with , This was beautiful

[@Z.Nagami]

Forgiveness oh what a heart Grandma God bless you 🙏

[@harrynac6017]

4:33 Wow, that look. I wouldn't be surprised if she reaches 120 one day. She's full of life.

[@Sheikhzada021]

Condolence 😮

[@nasreenameen]

For 99 yrs her teeth and hair her vision is strong...tale to tell..by the person who experienced

[@kalevipoeg6916]

She seems like a lovely lady and I'm glad she and her sisters were blessed with long lives - here's to 120!

[@gabriel_alemdoaquario]

Someone needs to make a movie about this woman.

[@NemanyaIam]

And then USA come and say something about Russians and their war in Ukraine.

[@dennisalexander2783]

Great story!! They are so beautiful!!

[@katey624]

That is an insane timeline to live on….and staying alive 100 years😲😲

[@jonathandown9617]

Amazing human being. Amazing life.

[@gotrescuedauto3584]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GEM 💎 ✨ 💖 😍 ❤

[@tea98988]

War is cruel to people. This was horrific but at the same time, not much, if any of the “Nanking Slaughter” Japanese soldiers did to the Chinese people is ever mentioned in Japanese history textbook.

[@mysticcove3392]

No mention either with Koreans.

[@dotmarceo]

Are the Japanese and Chinese friends after that? They should be.

[@tea98988]

@@dotmarceo of course we are friends. Especially Taiwan and Japan. But history should not be erased in the textbook.

[@desiintania4144]

Don't forget Indonesia and the other Asean countries too 😅 But the Nanjing massacre was indeed the most brutal of all.

[@Shinobi33]

Great story

[@AlbaDoggy]

This is amazing! Also Holy crap! 100 years old and she's so young and in great shape!!!! Her mind is Sharper than mine! I wish I could get to know her!

[@worldweary1913]

Forgiveness is important, its freedom.

[@buttercupj6208]

God bless her and her family 🙏

[@bumbygrl]

What a beautiful and fulfilling life

[@thevia1976]

When you eat lots of rice, don't eat any junk in between.

[@elainehendrix8788]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LADY! SHES VERY CLASSY I MUST SAY, AND NOT TO HARBOR ANY RESENTMENT TO OUR COUNTRY! GOD BLESS HER AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY! MAY SHE TO SEE MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS TOO! 💝🙏💯💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@SD_slots]

Here is a story about a real survivor of the atomic bomb. She was very close to the epicenter of the bomb and survived. She only survived because she was in the basement of the bank. Akiko Takakura was 20 years old when the bomb fell. She was in the Bank of Hiroshima, 300 meters away from the hypocenter. Ms. Takakura miraculously escaped death despite over 100 lacerated wounds on her back.

[@patrickjcarangelo587]

Wonderful Woman of The World 🌎,May God Bless Her Great Family Success 🙏❤️😇.

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

This is a beautiful story even though it was tinged by the horrors of war.

[@rosemarwessels4157]

We can just make through life by love and forgiveness🥰✨🙌✨

[@jimmysweat2200]

Beautiful lady

[@TrangPakbaby]

God please protect this woman, she is a national treasure 😊❤

[@msteans87]

Yeah I wouldn't be able to say that. I wonder if she would've stayed in Japan what her thoughts would've been

[@chochosan1981]

Earlier I posted a story of my mother's family surviving the atom bomb. Because my grandfather was Japanese American, they all had dual citizenship. My uncle who stayed in Japan, later reluctantly gave up his US citizenship so that he could receive survivor benefits from the japanese government. He did not blame the US, but as he got older, he worried about his health and the possible side effects of radiation.

[@msteans87]

@@chochosan1981Interesting story but wait how was dual citizenship granted back then?

[@chochosan1981]

According to my mother, dual citizenship was allowed in the 1920s. I'm not sure when it discontinued, but she told me my uncle gave up his US citizenship. That's also why she had no problem when she emigrated to Hawaii. Also I saw a Japanese show in the 1980s where a biracial girl had dual citizenship ( Japan and US ) but stated she had to pick one only when she turned 23 years old.

[@Anglers_Komplot]

more than that i am looking forward for this lady to share how to look healthy in old age

[@iUnderstand]

Happy Birthday, Taeko!!!!!!!!!! 🎉❤🥳 May you be blessed with 100 more years of health, luck, and love ❤️‍🔥

[@maculuscarpeneli4585]

It's 2023 ,June , she's 103 years old now .

[@misak_ying8127]

She looks so beautiful for her age, such an amazing soul ❤

[@jordanwoods5022]

God bless this woman and her family I’m hoping I look like this when I turn 100🤞🏽

[@marmara9741]

What about radiation side effects? Obviously, she was exposed to strong radiation at that time.

[@louriasuttle8314]

🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾

[@franciscalemessy3498]

They all look lovely 🌹

[@IzayaGarshia]

100 years old! Damn she looks young!

[@richrossi8127]

100 and still looks good. Amazing!!!!

[@hershekissed]

Do Black Wall Street next

[@user-pc1oi2pg6m]

Something that people need to realize is that you shouldn't hold hatred towards a country. I love and respect how she brought up that she was only angry at the war. War is something that has been going on between humans since we've been around and it drives families apart and kills innocents. But I am so grateful that this brave woman was willing to tell her story.

[@dvf4550]

I wonder if her family in the US during the war were sent to the Japanese concentration / internment camps.

[@genefoster8601]

They were exported.

[@dvf4550]

@@genefoster8601 Ah. Thank you.

[@tahira1]

Amazing woman, still so beautiful.

[@raiinzyy]

Whenever they do address the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing.. the Americans always need to add "it was necessary to drop the atomic bomb to end ww2". As if this justifies it. Disgusting. And actually, *the bombings did not end the war. Instead, it was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and other Japanese colonies.* To this day the U.S. never apologised. Truly appalling.

[@adrianianov6872]

I know this is 4 weeks old but I want to point out some things: 1-Japan still had the power to fight a few more years. 2-An American invasion of the mainland would've killed more people. 3-Hiroshima and Nagasaki were actually strategic points. They had many army and naval bases. 4-Before dropping the nukes, America made peace talks with Japan and told them to surrender but they didn't. After the first nuke was dropped, again, same thing and Japan refused. 5-Japan shouldn't have attacked Pearl Harbor. 6-If you feel bad about Japan you should check the "Nanjing Massacre", maybe that will change your mind. Idk why US should apologize, it was a war that was started by Japan, actually Japan started this whole s**t in the Pacific with the Invasion of Manchuria and Marco Polo Bridge Incident (even though Japan was a League of Nations member). I would really like to hear your opinion about what should have US done better because I can't see any other way of "less people beging killed" and something that is "justified". Also I don't want to hear something mentioning "Appeasement policy" because it was proved before WW2 that in most cases it doesn't work and that sometimes war is necessary. I really can't think of a better way US could have won against Japan... Also I'm not American☺☺☺

[@adrianianov6872]

Hope you got your answer.☺

[@rattaxi9645]

I wonder what ailments she suffered bc of the radiation and dust from the blast, etc.

[@nothing12299]

She was beautiful in her 20s and still looks like 70s-80s in her 100s

[@facebooksmith1269]

I remember talking to my friend's grandmother couple years ago. She was Chinese who suffered at the hands of the Japanese imperial army. When I asked her how she felt about atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. She told me, "They should've dropped 100".

[@Pheelyp]

The Japanese definitely deserved it.

[@desiintania4144]

Just read some articles about Nanjing massacre so that you will see how her feeling, why she said like that 😢

[@desiintania4144]

I'm Indonesian and I feel her.

[@jenniewalsh8023]

She doesn't seem to be harmed at all by radiation.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Fantastic looking food!!!

[@tylam4439]

I can understand Japanese is angry about the atomic bombing. I hope they also learned the sufferings they caused in China and South East Asia and will not start another war again.

[@kharimarquette]

They already know. A lot of them haven't apologized for their crimes (older gens). Shinzo Abe literally downplayed Japan's role in invading those countries.

[@genefoster8601]

They won't it's all about the money now.

[@m42037]

77 year's ago add bud 🙄 It's so funny how Americans freak out at 100 year's old , in Japan many people live well over 100

[@caderbavahmuhammadsiddick384]

ALHAMDULILLAH ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ thank lots for sharing 👍💚🧡💜

[@updownstate]

I don't understand how even one person in the blast zone survived.

[@Pascal9004]

It's sad how regular Japanese people had to pay for the crimes of their military and government.

[@zero1fifty8]

Talk about some divine intervention

[@sundarmann6167]

She is beautiful!

[@naturegazer6749]

What a beautiful woman and family! Look at how sharp she is and active. Not sure about rice being the key,but hey why not. Forgiveness is a tricky one, it's not about letting the perpetrators off the hook,but releasing the pain and hold it has one us. This left me with so mmay questions. Time to do a dig on Hiroshima. Always be curious and research topics of history. I was shocked of how she managed to keep the bag of rice. Had there been anyone on her path wouldn't someone try and take it? Survival can be ugly Then how did they buy that beef for the first meal? I umagine therr were no store or butchers open for business. Absolutely devastating to see the damage to Japan and the people. It was corrupt governments to blame. Innocent lives and beautiful architecture gone in seconds 😢 She has an amazing spirit. Id venture to guess it's gratitude that keeps her spry and positive. Gratitude for every little gift life has to offer raises vibration.

[@_momosumomo]

War is peace, peace is war. We are truly living in dystopian times.

[@Shades-N-Braids]

WHAT?! I would not have guessed that she's almost 100

[@jakejonathan4249]

Hiroshima Survivor tells her story 6 minute video, survivor speaking ' 5 seconds'