Koko Kondo

Overview

Koko Kondo (née Tanimoto) born Hiroshima, Japan November 20, 1944. Prominent hibakusha, survivor of Hiroshima; international peace activist; opposed wars in Iraq and Chechnya.

Quotations

"It wasn't the man I should hate, but war itself." (on meeting the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb; Montandon, Whispers 192; photo Robert Jacobs Japan Focus)