By SONOKO MIYAZAKI/ Staff Writer
February 12, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Yasuko Cho, right, recalls her encounter with Pope Francis on a communication board shown to the pope in the foreground, with Yasuko Takazono in attendance, on Dec. 16 in Yamaguchi. (Sonoko Miyazaki)
YAMAGUCHI--For much of her life, Yasuko Cho tried to rid herself of the memories of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a teenager, losing her parents and two of her siblings in the blast. [Read More]
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