Mr. Shoji Asada

Mr. Shoji Asada
age: 39; occupation: steelworker; family: wife and two children
<at that time> age: 6; at home (1,500 meters from the hypocenter); parents and younger brother injured.

"I was playing with the child next door. I got bored and went home, and when I had finished eating half a rice cake..." (written at age 12)

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