Origami cranes, as symbols of peace, continue to be donated at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Sadako’s honor from around Japan and overseas. Yuji and his father, Masahiro, 79, an older ...

Sadako’s death inspired the Children’s Peace Monument that now stands in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The gifted crane was discovered in the home of Sasaki’s father, Masahiro ...

One of the most tragic human stories that emerged from the United States' atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is that of Sasaki Sadako. She died aged 12 from leukemia ― believed to be linked to ...