Daigo Fukuryū Maru
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Oct 13, 2026
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Oct 13 · 1 Mention
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7:27Josh LinskHOST
And that's where Godzilla enters the story.
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7:30Josh LinskHOST
Lucky Dragon No. 5 was a tuna fishing boat that got hit by Castle Bravo fallout in March 1954.
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7:37Josh LinskHOST
The crew suffered acute radiation syndrome.
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7:40Josh LinskHOST
One man even died, becoming the first recorded hydrogen bomb victim.
NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN - English News at 18:00 (JST), October 06
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21:18Fujisawa YoshitakaCORRESPONDENT
Kuroda put all those feelings into a picture book marking 81 years since the end of the war.
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21:26Fujisawa YoshitakaCORRESPONDENT
It centers on the Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel.
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21:35Fujisawa YoshitakaCORRESPONDENT
Nine years after the end of the war, the ship was in the Pacific when it encountered fallout from a US hydrogen bomb test.
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21:47Fujisawa YoshitakaCORRESPONDENT
All 23 crew members on board were exposed to radiation.
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22:15Kuroda SeitaroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I thought it was an incredibly beautiful sunset.
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22:18Kuroda SeitaroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But something was strange, and a huge mushroom cloud started rising.
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22:25Kuroda SeitaroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Daigo Fukuryu Maru came into contact with nuclear energy.
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22:29Kuroda SeitaroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Those who regretted it together all disappeared into the red sky.