THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 24, 2023 at 06:30 JST
Shoso Kawamoto distributed tens of thousands of paper planes carrying an origami crane in memory of children orphaned by the atomic bombing like himself. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Editor’s note: This is the last of a three-part series on “Hadashi no Gen” (Barefoot Gen), Keiji Nakazawa’s manga series themed on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which began running in a comic magazine in June 1973. [Read More]
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