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February 26, 2015 Decades Later, A-Bomb Victims Reveal Greater Trust in Others Survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed more than 200,000 people, were 16% to 17% more likely to trust other people many years later than those who hadn’t been victims of the disaster, according to research by Eiji Yamamura of Seinan Gakuin University in Japan that was based on surveys conducted from 2000–2008. Trust is an important element of economic growth and seems to have been a key factor in the rebuilding of both cities after World War II, Yamamura says. The findings support past research showing that personal experiences of disaster can increase social capital, one of whose elements is trust. SOURCE: Atomic bombs and the long-run effect on trust: Experiences in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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