FILE PHOTO: An atomic bomb survivor Kunihiko Sakuma (C) visits the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, on the following day of The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) winning the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima, Japan, October 12, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of some of his fellow Japanese.
Growing up, he constantly heard rumours that survivors carried diseases and their future offspring might be tainted by the radiation from the August 1945 blast.
