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From Our Own Correspondent: Hiroshima's Paper Cranes

26/05/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Essential, From Our Own Correspondent: Hiroshima's Paper Cranes

Juliet Rix reflects on the legacy of the A-bomb for the city - and for America and Japan

In the Japanese city which was hit by the world's first atomic bomb in 1945, Juliet Rix reflects on its legacy of war and survival - as President Obama prepares an official visit

As US President Barack Obama prepares for his visit to Hiroshima, Juliet Rix reflects on her own impressions of the city's approach to its past. The site of the world's first nuclear attack in war has made peace its watchword, and there are memorials to the dead and exhortations for harmony all over the landscape. But what do today's residents feel about the relationship between Japan and the US should be?

Photo: Juliet Rix brought back one of the symbolic paper cranes often folded and left at Hiroshima memorials to the BBC London, as a wish for peace ((c) Juliet Rix)

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