Asian student survivors of Hiroshima to be honoured
- Published: 27 Dec 2012 at 10.46
- Online news: Asia
Hiroshima University said it would bestow honorary doctorates on three former students from Southeast Asia who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city.
A photo dated September 1945 of the remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building after the bombing of Hiroshima, which was later preserved as a monument. Hiroshima University says it will bestow honorary doctorates on three former students from Southeast Asia who survived the atomic bombing.
The degrees will be given to former Brunei prime minister Pengiran Yusuf, 91, Hasan Rahaya, 91, a former Indonesian parliamentarian, and Abdul Razak, 87, who taught Japanese in Malaysia, the university said.
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