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Japanese atomic bombing survivor

The native form of this personal name is Yamaguchi Tsutomu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II.

Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,^[1] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions.^[2]

A resident of Nagasaki, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed at 8:15 AM, on 6 August 1945.

He returned to Nagasaki the following day and, despite his wounds, returned to work on 9 August, the day of the second atomic bombing. That morni