August 7, 2025
A group of Japanese Communist Party parliamentarians, incuding JCP Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko, on August 6 visited “Kandayama Yasuragi-en”, a special nursing-care home for A-bomb survivors (Hibakusha), in Hiroshima City.
Along with Tamura, those who visited the nursing home were JCP members of the House of Representatives Motomura Nobuko and Horikawa Akiko as well as JCP members of the House of Councillors Kira Yoshiko, Yamazoe Taku, Nihi Sohei, and Shirakawa Yoko. JCP local assemblymembers also joined in the visit.
Meeting with residents, Tamura spoke on behalf of the JCP group and referred to a book of memoirs written by Hibakusha living in Yasuragi-en which was published in May. She said, “In the book, you recall your experiences as if to reopen your old wounds. That must be painful for you. We will certainly convey your testimonies to the world and work to realize a nuclear weapons-free world without further delay.” She expressed her determination to push the national government to provide substantial compensation to A-bomb victims.
Nursing home director Uchiyama Hidefumi explained that the facility currently accommodates 79 residents whose average age is 90, and added that due to their age, the number of residents who can take part in an activity to speak about their A-bomb experiences is below ten.
Along with Tamura, those who visited the nursing home were JCP members of the House of Representatives Motomura Nobuko and Horikawa Akiko as well as JCP members of the House of Councillors Kira Yoshiko, Yamazoe Taku, Nihi Sohei, and Shirakawa Yoko. JCP local assemblymembers also joined in the visit.
Meeting with residents, Tamura spoke on behalf of the JCP group and referred to a book of memoirs written by Hibakusha living in Yasuragi-en which was published in May. She said, “In the book, you recall your experiences as if to reopen your old wounds. That must be painful for you. We will certainly convey your testimonies to the world and work to realize a nuclear weapons-free world without further delay.” She expressed her determination to push the national government to provide substantial compensation to A-bomb victims.
Nursing home director Uchiyama Hidefumi explained that the facility currently accommodates 79 residents whose average age is 90, and added that due to their age, the number of residents who can take part in an activity to speak about their A-bomb experiences is below ten.
