Amid deepening crises around the world with nuclear undertones, a research team from the University of Tokyo will hold a digital exhibition in New York to convey the testimonies of A-bomb survivors on the sidelines of the United Nations’ review conference of a nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

Led by Hidenori Watanabe, a professor of information design at the graduate school of the University of Tokyo, the researchers hope the project will help visitors grasp the extent of the damage caused by World War II. Survivors' stories have taken on new meaning in recent months, with Russia making references to its nuclear arsenal amid its invasion of Ukraine.

The exhibition will feature testimonies of around 300 hibakusha from Hiroshima and Nagasaki on a map of the bombed cities that will be displayed digitally on monitors surrounding visitors. Three of the survivors will be present at the venue on the first day of the event.

On display will also be specially built websites ー the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Archives ー which contain videos and photos of the victims and the two cities devastated by nuclear weapons. The format is aimed at making attendees feel as if they were talking directly to hibakusha, allowing them to see what happened to each of them after the bombings.

The researchers will also put on display a digital map of Ukraine using satellite images and 3D data to show in detail the buildings and other structures damaged by Moscow's invasion of its neighbor.

The exhibition will be held for two days from Aug. 6 — the day in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima — at the University of Tokyo New York Office. The 10th review conference for the nonproliferation treaty is being held through Aug. 26.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made history as the first Japanese leader to address the review conference, with a call for a world without nuclear weapons and for greater transparency among nuclear powers regarding their capabilities. In his speech Monday, Kishida, who represents a district in Hiroshima, unveiled his plan to create a U.N. fund to help young people from around the world learn about atomic bombs through visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.