Eizo Nomura (Hiroshima survivor)

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Eizo Nomura (野村栄三, Nomura Eizo; 1898 – 1982), also written as Eiso or Eizō, was a Japanese civilian working in Hiroshima, Japan, at the time of the atomic bombing of the city on August 6, 1945. Nomura survived the blast and aftermath, despite being only 170 m (560 ft) from the hypocenter. He was the closest known survivor of an atomic bomb explosion.