Anan, que ha vist la bomba atòmica de Nagasaki com una lent a través de la qual poder veure problemes més grans relacionats amb els drets humans i la discriminació contra minories religioses i ètniques, diu que alguns dels habitants de Nagasaki (que eren fidels del santuari Suwa local) van interpretar el bombardeig com un senyal de que s'estava "castigant" aquells qui no creien en el xintoisme.
Anan, who has viewed the atomic bombing of Nagasaki as a lens through which to look at wider issues of human rights and discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities, says some Nagasaki residents — who were faithful to the local Suwa Shrine — took the bombing of Urakami as a sign that non-Shinto believers were “punished.”