THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 22, 2020 at 07:30 JST
An armband of 13-year-old Toshiaki Asahi, who reportedly worked for building demolition and died on his mother's lap while saying, "thank you for all you've done" three days following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is shown in an exhibit in September in Rochester, New York. (Provided by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Officials of Hiroshima and Nagasaki hope an upcoming exhibition at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Honolulu showing the devastation unleashed by the atomic bombs will "convey the significance of peace beyond nationalities." [Read More]
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