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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: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Nuclear
Bombings
Weapons
Hiroshima
Learned
Coexist
Humanity
Wrought
Cannot
Bombing
Must
Repeated
Never
Japan
Tragedy
Nagasaki

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