THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 22, 2020 at 07:30 JST
The replica of a lunch box of 12-year-old Reiko Watanabe, who was exposed to the bombing of Hiroshima at her building demolition work site 550 meters from ground zero, is displayed in Rochester, New York, in September. The rice and other meals in the box are burnt black, while her body has never been found. (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]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
