In Photos: A-bomb survivor Sumiteru Taniguchi dies of cancer at 88

Sumiteru Taniguchi undergoes treatment for burns he suffered to his entire back in the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the Omura Navy Hospital in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture. (Image from a January 1946 film)

Sumiteru Taniguchi has medical cream applied to his back after taking a bath on July 24, 2009. (Mainichi)

Sumiteru Taniguchi, whose body still has scars from burns he suffered in the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, is seen in this photo taken in the city on Oct. 5, 2012. (Mainichi)

Sumiteru Taniguchi prays that the world will take steps toward nuclear weapons abolition, at the Peace Park in Nagasaki on Feb. 2, 2010. (Mainichi)

Sumiteru Taniguchi prays that the world will take steps toward nuclear weapons abolition, at the Peace Park in Nagasaki on Feb. 2, 2010. (Mainichi)

Sumiteru Taniguchi shows a photo in which he undergoes treatment for burns he suffered to his entire back in the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, in this May 7, 2010 file photo taken at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Mainichi)