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Japanese authorities have identified a victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb through a DNA analysis, the first time that the use of this technique with remains of the tragedy yields a successful result.
The victim has been identified as Hatsue Kajiyama, a 13-year-old girl who disappeared after the American bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945and whose remains were stored in facilities at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city along with those of other 70,000 unclaimed victims in these 80 years.
Hatsue’s remains, which unusually included hair samples, They were kept under the name of Michiko Kajiyama, his younger sister.
The ashes would have remained stored in that state had it not been for Shuji Kajiyama, the nephew in his sixties from Hatsue, a resident of the neighboring town of Fuchu, who suspected that the remains could belong to her aunt and asked the authorities to verify it.
Thus, between the end of November and the beginning of this month, the Kanagawa Dental University extracted DNA from preserved hair and compared it with that of Hatsue’s younger sister, 91 years old, confirming the relationship and her identity.
It is believed that the young Hatsue he might have been wearing clothing or items marked with his sister’s name on the day of the attack, which would have led to error when cataloging his remains.
In the so-called Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound, the remains of approximately 70,000 unidentified victims, as well as 812 sets of remains whose names are known, but which have never been claimed. Among these ashes, in ten cases, hair from the victims is preserved.
Local authorities plan to continue conducting DNA testing if victims’ relatives request it in the future.