NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2006: Still Photography Winners: Best Published Picture Story (Over 115,000 circulation)

2nd Place: Hibakusha; < 1 ... 6, 7, 8; May 2005, Hiroshima, Japan: In 1957, the Japanese government recognised certain people as hibakusha: 1- Those who had been within 4km of the epicentre of the explosion on August 6, 1945. 2- Those who had been within 2km of the epicentre within two weeks of the explosion. 3- Those caught in the Black Rain. 4- Those who treated the victims in the city suburbs. 5- Those who were in the wombs of their hibakusha mothers. Two witnesses were required to validate hibakusha status./Toru Mitoya, age 79, was 19 at the time and 2 km away from the Hypocenter.

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