A trove of over 1,500 photographs taken in the months following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been nominated for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register.
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There’s one thing glaringly obvious when I land in Tokyo - it’s big and it’s fast.
Overwhelming at first, as the bus carrying me to my accommodation makes a two- hour journey through the massive metropolis. Al Williams was in Hiroshima, Japan to cover the G7 Summit and gives his account of a journey made possible by the Embassy of Japan in New Zealand.
Situated on the western tip of Honshu between the Sea of Japan and the Seto Inland Sea, the climate of Hiroshima Prefecture is one of contrasts, with a nor