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Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.
Daisaku Ikeda
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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 97
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
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City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Tragedy
Nagasaki
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Hiroshima
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Never
Japan
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