“When the A-bomb erupted above Hiroshima, people jumped into the river to escape the fires. One after another, they plunged in at full tilt. Soon the river flowed with swollen bodies, their skin and clothes tattered.”
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Book Editing“Private Record of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War”
When the translator, Naoko Koizumi, asked me if I could edit her English rendition of Dr. Watanabe’s history of the IPPNW, I knew it would be a big project. I also knew that it was something I’d be honored to undertake.
Rurubu Omotenashi Travel Guide Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Orizuru Tower
“The survivors who rebuilt Hiroshima after the atomic bombing envisioned their new city arising as a center of peace and culture. That vision shaped the city we see today.”
Japan America Society – Speech “Hiroshima and Human Survival”
“In this world gripped by natural disasters and conflict, people come to Hiroshima from every nation seeking answers on how to rebuild and persevere. We have a responsibility to warn the world of the catastrophe ahead, and to shine our light on a better path. We owe it to the victims who came before, and to the future generations who will inherit what we create today.”
Japan Times – Article “Keeping the Lesson of Hiroshima Alive Through One Family’s Story”
“I must have looked crazy,” laughs Amano, “driving a cab through downtown Tokyo and shouting, ‘Papa!!!’ with tears in my eyes.”
Japan Times – Article “60 years after Sadako Sasaki’s death, the story behind Hiroshima’s paper cranes is still unfolding”
“They called us the ‘ragged class,’” recalls Tomiko Kawano of her sixth-grade group at Noboricho Elementary School in Hiroshima. “Half our class had lost family in the atomic bombing or were survivors themselves.”