A U.S. poet living in Japan has compiled a photo book of A-bomb victims' personal belongings, accompanied by poems, to help preserve the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Arthur Binard first came up with the idea for his book, titled "Sagashiteimasu" ("Come Search"), during visits to the city a few years after he came to Japan in 1990.
The American poet approached Ritsuko Nagamuta, an editor at Doshinsha Publishing Co., around five years ago, saying, "I want to create a picture book that tells the story of Hiroshima, and the storytellers will be objects (who) actually experienced the radiation."