Shigeaki Mori, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor embraced by former U.S. President Barack Obama during his 2016 visit, Reuters reported.
Mori was eight when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The blast destroyed the city and left him unconscious.
He became widely known after meeting Obama at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, where their emotional embrace defined the visit — the first by a sitting U.S. president.
Decades later, Mori worked to identify victims cremated at his old school. His research helped identify 12 Americans killed in the bombing.
Mori was one of the hibakusha, a Japanese word for survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even as their numbers shrink and they grow older, many continue to share their stories and keep the memory of the attacks alive.
Nagasaki, along with Hiroshima, is one of only two cities that have experienced nuclear bombings. The two cities have recorded around 550,000 deaths linked to the attacks, including those caused by radiation-related illnesses.
