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.

Let down by two governments, US-based Hiroshima survivors fend for themselves

August 03, 2005

In the third part of a 2005 series on the lingering mental health effects of the atomic bomb, we hear from US-based Hiroshima survivors. Over the years, they have been spurned by the Japanese government, the US government and even the Japanese American establishment. Now in their later years, things are finally improving for some.

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Korean survivors of Hiroshima have had to fight for their rights

The World

August 02, 2005

During World War Two, Japan imported Koreans to cities like Hiroshima to work, in slave-like conditions, in armaments factories. When the atomic bomb struck, thousands of Koreans were killed or injured. But the Japanese government has been slow to extend survivor benefits to Korean nationals.

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‘It truly was a vision of Hell’ – a Hiroshima survivor speaks out

The World

August 01, 2005

In the first of a 2005 series on the lingering mental health effects of the atomic bomb, a survivor who was seven in 1945 has decided to speak publicly about her ordeal.

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