HIROSHIMA A sister park agreement between what many people might regard as two of the world’s least likely locations Pearl Harbor and the city of Hiroshima is again under the spotlight due to a remark by a city government official here.
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series on “Hadashi no Gen” (Barefoot Gen), Keiji Nakazawa’s manga series themed on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which began running in a comic magazine in June 1973.
HIROSHIMA–-Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise visit to the Group of Seven summit resonated with the visiting foreign leaders but the iconic atomic bomb museum here also left a lasting impression on the Ukrainian president as well.
HIROSHIMA Reactions among the public were mixed at the conclusion of the Group of Seven summit here, between the happiness expressed by Ukrainians living in Japan to the outrage of an atomic bomb survivor and a former mayor.
Mr. Shoichi Shimoe, now 82, was exposed to the atomic bomb at a kindergarten in Hiroshima City when he was 4. He was left alone as he lost his parents and his younger sister in the attack. Their remains have never been found. Only photographs can remind him of his family.