A descendant of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima known for her paper cranes, is spreading a new message of peace with a grandson of the man who approved the nuclear attack.

MSU student group Global Young Leaders Network (GYLN) put on a paper crane folding event aimed to promote peace, hope and ...

Yuji Sasaki, 54, met with Obama for about 20 minutes in Hawaii on Feb. 26. Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when the city was leveled in the bombing. Her home was about 1.6 kilometers from Ground Zero.

The paper crane has also become a symbol of solidarity and peace worldwide due to the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl ...

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 ...

"Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" tells the tale of Sasaki Sadako, who was two years old when the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. She developed leukemia after being exposed to radiation ...

The practice was popularized globally in the 1950s by Sadako Sasaki, who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. When she was twelve ...