Monk vows to keep story alive of uncle killed by A-bomb; attends peace ceremony in Hiroshima for first time


Akinobu Tooyama, (right), and his mother Mutsuko watch a video of Mutsuko speaking about her brother Huroyuki, who died shortly after the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

TOKYO: Akinobu Tooyama attended the peace memorial ceremony on Tuesday (Aug 6) in Hiroshima for the first time to commemorate his late uncle, Hiroyuki Kosen, who died because of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima 79 years ago.

Tooyama, 56, is a Buddhist monk and lives in Yamanashi Prefecture.

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