Lost Account by Hiroshima Bomb Survivor Finally Set for Publication

A memoir written by Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who survived the 1945 Hiroshima bombing, has been found after decades hidden in an archive. When the bombing happened, authorities censored survivors' stories. Now a major publisher will release Tanimoto's uncensored firsthand account on August 6, 2026—eighty-one years later—offering a perspective separate from earlier accounts that shaped how the world understood the disaster.