https://www.pitara.com/tags/peace-activism/Recent content in Peace Activism on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/super-moms/Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:42:42 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/super-moms/<p><strong>Japan: Mothers for peace</strong></p> <p>Did you know that mothers in Japan were among the first to protest against nuclear weapons? This happened 45 years ago, in 1955.</p> <p>In 1945, at the fag end of the Second World War, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombs killed 3,40,000 people. About 300,000 were left alive, but they suffered all through their lives from the horrible effects of radiation.</p> <figure class="image-portrait-right has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-49_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-49_1_hu_20c5dc7f476f465c.gif" width="450" height="1118" alt="Super Moms [Illustration by Biswajyoti Ghosh]" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>Super Moms [Illustration by Biswajyoti Ghosh]</figcaption> </figure> <p>For a long time no one spoke about the terrible tragedy. The US forces were in Japan till 1953. They also did one nuclear test after another.</p>