Before visiting the A-bomb sites in Hiroshima with kids, read this first-hand guide to know how to prepare and what to expect ...

Children of atomic bomb survivors remain ineligible for the same government support given to their parents following a ruling handed down by the Hiroshima High Court on Dec. 13. The lawsuit was ...

Mikamo Akiko wrote the book "8:15" is based on. Sharing a familiar story with a new audience Japanese children, especially in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, grow up hearing the stories of atomic bomb ...

Nakazawa let it be known that he wanted the manga series to be translated into as many foreign languages as possible so children around the world could learn about what unfolded in Hiroshima.

This was unlike most school-age children of Hiroshima who were clearing fire lanes in the city centre that morning and were killed instantly by the bomb. At 8.15am that morning, Setsuko was caught ...

Hiroshima’s inhabitants came into contact ... One of the most deadly effects was leukaemia, disproportionately affecting children. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) has found ...

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

In Hiroshima the air raid sirens had sounded ... Eighty thousand men, women and children were killed and tens of thousands wounded, disfigured and poisoned by radiation from the bomb.