Mutsuko Yoshida is eager to gather as many details and facts as possible as a storyteller. But when it comes to accounts of hibakusha, she knows a certain line has to be drawn.
As she gathers stories by talking with atomic bomb survivors, Yoshida understands the intricate and personal nature of their experiences and how sharing them with her is a big decision on their part.
Her important mission, she says, is to serve as a bridge between aging survivors and people born after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading up to Japan's surrender in World War II.