Mimi Kitano is directing, and writing, for the upcoming Youth Theatre Northwest (YTN) production, “A Story of Sadako”—from ...

Kindred House Media announces the streaming premiere of its WWII documentary, “Sakura & Pearls: Healing from World War II” on ...

Hiroshima survivors Koko Kondo (nee Tanimoto) and Masahiro Sasaki (brother of Sadako Sasaki) flew in from Japan to share their stories of surviving the first atomic bomb as children. The film is ...

Camryn Murakami and Olive Shea, young actresses and singers for the musical Peace on Your Wings, inspire us with their dedication to sharing the poignant story of Sadako Sasaki, using their voices ...

The monument, unveiled on May 5, 1958, is modeled after Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to atomic bomb fallout at the age of 2 and died at 12. She continued to make paper cranes from her hospital ...

“A Story of Sadako” marks Katano’s last project at Youth Theatre Northwest as the executive artistic director. Katano is ...

A statue commemorating atomic bomb victim Sasaki Sadako in the US city of Seattle was stolen last summer. A student in Hiroshima has been working to have the memorial rebuilt.

The legend of “senbazuru” is perhaps best known outside Japan through the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young victim of the Hiroshima bombing whose story is memorialized in the book, “Sadako and the ...