Film Jan 28, 2021
The film will detail the life of Sadako Sasaki, an iconic figure who died from leukemia 10 years after the atomic bombing.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Dec 28, 2020
Anne Frank and Sadako Sasaki: Two girls that symbolize the horrors of war
by Eric Margolis
The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II came amid a pandemic. We take a moment to look back to remember two people in particular who died in that global crisis.
National Jul 2, 2019
Hiroshima A-bomb victim's paper crane donated for exhibit aboard WWII U.S. battleship
A paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the Hiroshima atomic bombing who died of leukemia a decade after the attack, was donated Saturday to a memorial exhibition on the U.S. battleship Missouri at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Hoping for a better future, ...
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Aug 1, 2018
60 years after Sadako Sasaki's death, the story behind Hiroshima's paper cranes is still unfolding
by Peter Chordas
Young A-bomb victim's message resonates globally thanks largely to her classmates, who turned the origami bird into an icon of peace.
National Aug 6, 2017
A-bomb victim's paper crane donated to WWII air base in Utah
A paper crane made by Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese victim of the Hiroshima atomic bombing who died of leukemia a decade after the attack, was donated Saturday to a former training site for U.S. bombing crews during World War II. Yuji Sasaki, 47, Sadako's ...
National May 31, 2016
Brother of Hiroshima paper crane girl plans U.S. peace education NPO
The elder brother of a Japanese girl who succumbed to leukemia a decade after being exposed to the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima said he will set up a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles aimed at promoting peace education. Masahiro Sasaki, the 74-year-old brother of ...
National / History Nov 23, 2015
A-bomb victim's paper crane donated to Truman library in U.S.
A paper crane made by Japanese girl Sadako Sasaki, an iconic victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has been donated to a Missouri library housing documents of late President Harry Truman, who authorized the attack. The origami crane displayed at the Harry ...