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Ōishi Matashichi (大石又七) (born 1934) is an anti-nuclear activist and author. At the age of 20, Matashichi was exposed to the radioactive fallout of the Bravo Nuclear Test in the Marshall Islands on 22 January 1954. He was one of twenty-three fisherman on the vessel Daigo Fukuryū Maru. Their catch of tuna and shark was also found to be contaminated, with radiation, with two tons of tuna buried at Tsukiji fish market instead of being sold. Members of the crew suffered from acute radiation syndrome, with Aikichi Kuboyama dying of a related infection six months later. Ōishi was hospitalized for several months. He quit the fishing industry and moved to Tokyo to open a laundromat, which he ran for fifty years. His first child was stillborn and he later developed liver cancer.
Oishi Matashichi | |
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![]() Daigo Fukuryū Maru (Lucky Dragon 5) | |
Born | 1934 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | fisherman, laundryman, speaker |
Notable work | The Day the Sun Rose in the West: Bikini, the Lucky Dragon, and I |
He later became an author and an advocate for nuclear disarmament. In the 1990s, he started campaigning for nuclear disarment. He advocated for the installation of a commemorative plaque at Tsukiji fish market, which was added in 1999. In 2010 he attended an international conference in New York on ceasing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In 2015 he attended a memorial service on the Marshall Islands for the victims of the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. He is also opposed to the usage of nuclear power plants, and attended a protest after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.