Students from Hiroshima, Nagasaki seek abolition of nuclear weapons

Japanese high school students from Hiroshima and Nagasaki called for the abolition of nuclear weapons Monday during a meeting with students in Oslo.They shared the story of hibakusha victims in the U.S. atomic bombings on the Japanese cities in 1945 as part of their campaign to collect signatures for the abolition of nuclear weapons.One of the three Japanese students, Konami Funai, 18, who previously served as a student peace ambassador delivering such signatures to the United Nations, said the aging of the victims has made it difficult for their wartime experience to be handed down to the …READ FULL ARTICLE