[2] Abdul Razak was at a university lecture in a classroom on 6 August 1945, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima just 1.5 km from his location.
)[1] Two other Malaysian students who had been studying with Abdul Razak, Nik Yusof and Syed Omar, died in aftermath of the bombing.
[1] Abdul Razak taught intensive courses on the Japanese language and culture to thousands of Malaysian students, including many who studied abroad in Japan.
[2] In 1995, Abdul Razak was awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize in a ceremony attended by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
[2] In February 2013, Abdul Razak received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Hiroshima University, for his efforts to promote positive Japan–Malaysia relations and dedication to the Japanese language and culture.
[1] Two other foreign Hiroshima survivors also received honorary doctorates at the ceremony with Abdul Razak: the former Chief Minister of Brunei Pengiran Yusuf Abdul Rahim who was 91 years old at the time, and Hasan Rahaya, a former member of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia, who was also 91 years old at the time of the ceremony.