Hiroshima and Nagasaki's aging storytellers pass the baton

Young Japanese, foreigners now teach what they've learned from hibakusha

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A group of Ukrainians who fled their country after Russia's invasion visit the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima in May 2022.

KOJI MURAKOSHI and ATSUKO SANO, Nikkei staff writers

OSAKA, Japan -- With the world facing a heightened risk of nuclear war due to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Japanese of all ages now tell the stories of those who experienced "the terrifying fires" of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings 77 summers ago.

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