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From Hiroshima to Hope looks for new leadership

Since 1984, a group of concerned citizens, peace activists, and members of the Japanese American community have gathered together on August 6 to mark the ...

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Excerpt from Hiroshima Nagasaki Beyond The Ocean - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> 4. Survivor's Destinations—South America Paraguay A country of striking red soil, Paraguay has rich, expansive fields that seem to reach ...

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Excerpt from Hiroshima Nagasaki Beyond The Ocean - Part 1

1. Atomic Bomb Survivors in the Americas What comes to mind when you see or hear the phrase “survivors of the bomb in North and ...

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Hiroshima through Nisei Eyes

What do we know about Hiroshima? And when and how do we learn it? For me, the answer came from my great aunt, Mary Hamaji ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #8/6 and 8/9, 1945: “21 and 15 Kilotons...”

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Only in Japan.” Check back every weekend for subsequent ...

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A Mother's Love, My Inspiration

Someday, the voices of the hibakusha will no longer be with us to bear witness. But the memory of the morning of August 6, 1945 ...

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Fernando Hiramuro and Yasuaki Yamashita: Japanese Mexican survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings – Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Yasuaki Yamashita was born in 1939 in Nagasaki. Until the second atomic bomb exploded in the city where he was born on ...

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Hiroshima and Obama: His Soaring Rhetoric and the Difficulties of Winning Peace

A few weeks ago, I awoke in the middle of the night and heard President Obama’s familiar voice. I hadn’t planned on listening ...

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Fernando Hiramuro and Yasuaki Yamashita: Japanese Mexican Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings – Part 1

This August will mark 71 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The people of both cities ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #4 — Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

History of My Grandmother – Things I Learned About Her Life This Summer Just Before I Turned 20

My grandmother Etsuko Nakatani lives by herself in Weiser, Idaho. She was born in Inasa-machi in the Nagasaki prefecture in 1926 (Taisho 15). Until recently ...