By Kisao Hattori
Following are extensive excerpts from the remarks by 91-year old Kisao Hattori at the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Youth Summit for the Renunciation of War on September 2, 2017 at the SGI Kanagawa Culture Center in Yokohama, Japan. The gathering was convened to mark the 60th anniversary of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda’s ‘Declaration Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons’. The summit was held 18 days before the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons opened for signature in New York. – The Editor
YOKOHAMA (IDN-INPS) – I was exposed to the atomic bomb radiation in Hiroshima as a visiting soldier and joined Soka Gakkai (SG) after the war. I am 91 years old now. I was a witness to President Josei Toda calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons here in Yokohama.