Kazuhiko Futagawa is one of the youngest survivors of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. He was still in his mother's womb at the time, eight months shy of being born.
Now 75, Futagawa is eager to share his experiences as an "in-utero" hibakusha in both English and Japanese, conveying the suffering of his late mother who lost her husband and one of her children in the blast, as well as the prejudice that victims of the catastrophe have sometimes met.
Born after World War II on April 1, 1946, to join four other siblings who survived the blast, Futagawa did not directly experience the events of Aug. 6, 1945. As such, his story is based on what he heard from his aunt and other relatives.