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Hiroshima Generations: The memory passed on

Our coverage of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath.

With support from the United States-Japan Foundation and the N Square Collaborative.

Ari Beser and Keiko Ogura
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His grandfather helped bomb Hiroshima. Today, he’s friends with a nuclear bomb survivor.
Hiroshima survivor Noriho Azuma (wearing a hat) in front of the A-bomb dome in June of 2015.
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Hiroshima survivors want more than a US apology
Radiation hotspot in Kashiwa, February 2012
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They know: Hiroshima survivors help those in Fukushima overcome fear, discrimination
Aya Kano on board a ferry heading for the island of Ninoshima.
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How this granddaughter of A-bomb survivors learned to embrace her family history
Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
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Respect: A young tour guide, a Hiroshima survivor and a baton passed
A-bomb survivors: My mom and her mother Jettie on board the ship Oranje, which had been a hospital vessel during the war. They were on the boat’s first post-war civilian transport, making the crossing here from Java to Melbourne, Australia in November 194
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The Bomb saved my mom
Hiroshima survivor Sueko Hada and her great-granddaughter Luna.
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This Hiroshima survivor’s family now includes American in-laws
screen capture hiroshima atomic bomb game
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What if your hometown were hit by the Hiroshima atomic bomb?
Masaaki Murakami, a volunteer guide at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park listens to 87-year-old atomic bomb survivor Noriho Azuma.
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After the A-bomb survivors die, who will be Hiroshima’s memory keepers?
Social worker Minori Nakaso pays a home visit to an atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima.
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As Hiroshima’s survivors age, their need to speak out grows
Atomic bomb survivor Teruko Namura (left) with a friend at her home in Los Angeles.
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Let down by two governments, US-based Hiroshima survivors fend for themselves
An elderly Korean woman appears with her son and daughter-in-law at a hearing in Hiroshima to determine whether she is eligible for special rights accorded to survivors of the atomic bomb.
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Korean survivors of Hiroshima have had to fight for their rights
Hiroshima survivor Sueko Hada (foreground) with her daughter, granddaughters and great-granddaughter.
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‘It truly was a vision of Hell’ – a Hiroshima survivor speaks out