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Sakura Takano from Minamisoma City near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is visiting Nagasaki to attend a memorial ceremony on Thursday — the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
She has been appointed a “High School Peace Ambassador” — the first from Fukushima — and will deliver a petition against nuclear weapons to the United Nations.
At the peace meeting of high school students from across the country on Wednesday, Takano said the nuclear accident is continuing and that the affected areas are being devastated. She added that people are still living in temporary housing about a year and a half after the accident.

Takano said she wants everyone to learn about the situation in Fukushima and to help reconstruction efforts in the area. After the meeting, Takano stood in front of Nagasaki Station to collect signatures for a petition calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and the realization of world peace.

She will visit the UN European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, with other high school ambassadors to deliver the petition later this month.