Japan looks to virtual reality, AI to pass on A-bomb survivors' legacy

Fewer than 100,000 certified survivors remain 80 years after atomic bombing

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A boy at the World Expo in Osaka uses virtual reality goggles to experience the bombing and recovery of Hiroshima. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

YUKI SAKURADA

OSAKA, Japan -- As the number of storytellers who can recount the horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to fall, with fewer than 100,000 survivors left, efforts to preserve and pass on their experiences are turning to new technologies such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

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