Abdul Razak Hamid

1. Name: Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid, Datuk Haji

2. Occupation: Hiroshima Survivor, Teacher

3. Date of birth: July 7, 1925

4. Date of deceased: July 18, 2013

5. Education:

1. Degree in Education at Hiroshima University (1945)
2. Pre-U Studies at International Student Institute in Tokyo (1943)
3. Sultan  Idris Teachers’ Training College, Tanjung Malim

6. Contributions:

1. The only Malaysian known to be saved from the atomic explosion in Hiroshima on Monday, 6th August 1945
2. Revisited Japan in 1987 to film the Japan Broadcasting Corporation’s “Hiroshima in My Heart” a documentary on the dropping of the atomic bomb
3. His experiences were documented in a book named Debu Hiroshima (Ashes of Hiroshima) and published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
4. Co-ordinated the Look East Policy Programme at the Centre Preparatory Education in Institut Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam
5. Taught Bahasa Malaysia to the officers at the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
6. Trainee teacher posted to Malacca
7. Teacher at a Malay school in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur
8. Member of the administrative section at the Asy-Syakirin mosque

7. Honours and Awards:

1. Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese Prime Minister

2. 1995 Japan Foundation Special Prize, Tokyo

3. Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), Penang

4. Ahli Mangku Negara (A.M.N.)