Shigemi Fukahori, Nagasaki bombing survivor and peace advocate, dies aged 93

Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan (Kyodo News via AP)

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died aged 93.

Mr Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on January 3, the Urakami Catholic Church, where he prayed almost daily until last year, said on Sunday.