Koko Kondo, author of "Hiroshima - 60 Years of Memory" is a Hiroshima hibakusha and a daughter of Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, one of the six survivors interviewed in John Hersey's "Hiroshima."
We are extremely fortunate today to have her visit us at our hotel.
Unfortunately her book is in Japanese. I found the following information about Koko.
http://www.humiliationstudies.org/documents/evelin/KokoKondo.pdf
http://www.rferl.org/content/Article/1060469.html
Google "Koko Kondo" and you will get more information. And please do read John Hersey's "Hiroshima" if you haven't had a chance. It is the first book that allowed U.S. citizens to learn the human effects of the bomb. It is regarded as a classic textbook of Hiroshima and is used by many teachers as a textbook at schools. It is easily found at the university and local libraries.
Satoko
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