Oka was 14 years old on August 6, 1945 and working in Hiroshima as a communications operator at an underground command centre of the Imperial Japanese Army. After the bomb fell, she contacted ...

TOKYO: Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic bomb, has died aged 86, media and acquaintances said Tuesday. Oka was 14 ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Yoshie Oka was 14 when the atomic bomb hit. She was working in a bunker here, at a call station for the military. She was due for a shift change, but the girl who was supposed ...

Without feeling anything, we just watched the entire city burn Despite being just 14 years old, Yoshie Oka had to carry on working after the bomb struck as she had been given a vital military job ...

He noticed me and said, half groaning, ‘We’ve been hit by a new type of bomb.’” – Yoshie Oka, Hiroshima survivor This new documentary marks the 70th anniversary of the world’s first ...

A pedestrian walks past the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Genbaku Dome on May 24, 2016 p pulse Follow Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been ...

Tokyo, May 30 (AFP) Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic bomb, has died aged 86, media and acquaintances said today.