By RIKA YUMINAGA/ Staff Writer
August 27, 2020 at 18:50 JST
One of the trees that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and became the subject of a song written by Masaharu Fukuyama. Arborists conduct an annual health checkup on the tree on July 31, which is funded by an endowment fund. (Naoki Ogawa)
NAGASAKI--The Nagasaki municipal government will start a peace promotion campaign in September inspired by the trees that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, marking three-quarters of a century since the tragedy. [Read More]
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