Former A-Bomb effect researcher Dr. Yamazaki to speak at Little Tokyo, Aug 20

 

August 2009

 

Pediatrician Dr. James N. Yamaszaki, 93 years old, will be the main speaker at “A Conversation with Dr. James Yamazaki” facilitated by nuclear proliferation expert Dr. Bennett Ramberg on Thursday, Aug 20 at 7 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Downtown. 

 

“A Conversation” is hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.

 

Reception starts at 6:30 p.m. The reception and “Conversation” is free to the public. RSVPs are encouraged. RSVPs are being taken by Juneaochiberk@aol.com or call (818) 400-3273 or email ltccjb@aol.com

 

Dr. James N. Yamazaki, at the age of 33 in 1949, was the lead physician of the U.S. Atomic Bomb Medical Team assigned to Nagasaki to survey the effects of the bomb.

 

This bomb was a deliberate act of destruction that destroyed human bodies, brains, and genes for generations. 

 

The human and physical toll, for all mankind, speaks for itself. 

 

Yet, in the 21st century, nations continue to jockey for the control and manufacture of even more nuclear weapons.  

 

He is the author of Children of the Atomic Bomb: An American Physician’s Memoir of Nagazaki, Hiroshima, and the Marshall Islands (Duke University Press) .

 

In partnership with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Dr. Yasazaki established a website www.ChildrenoftheAtomicBomb.com.

 

Dr. Yamazaki, today in his 90s, continues to monitor “the children of the atomic bomb” and to write and to speak out on behalf of a humankind facing nuclear destruction.

 

 

TV Japan to air Japanese American A-bomb survivors document film with actor Ken Watanabe, Aug 21, 8:17 – 10:10 PM

 

Satellite programming  TV Japan will air “Special: Ken Watanabe meets Nisei A-Bomb survivors” on Friday, Aug 21, from 8:17 to 10:10 p.m. in Western Time.