The Sasakis were among many children caught in the atomic bomb. Sadako was aged ... melted by extreme heat. Sasaki Masahiro, front row, second from left, and Sadako, crying behind her brother ...

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--Metallic reproductions of paper cranes folded by atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki are being developed as durable symbols of peace for distribution around the world.

Yuji Sasaki, 50, Sadako’s nephew who lives in Tokyo ... who was the U.S. president when the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The film is expected to be released in theaters ...

Children have made origami cranes to mark the 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Over the past two ... to honour Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who died at the age of 12 from after ...