A descendant of a tree that survived the atomic blast from the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima, Japan has been planted in Clovis to commemorate the devastating wartime event 75 years ago. The "Hiroshima Peace Tree" was grown from a seed harvested from a camphor tree located less than a mile...
Urgency to Bear Witness Grows for Last Hiroshima Victims
HIROSHIMA, Japan — For nearly 70 years, until he turned 85, Lee Jong-keun hid his past as an atomic bomb survivor, fearful of the widespread discrimination against blast victims that has long persisted in Japan. But Lee, 92, is now part of a fast-dwindling group of survivors, known as hibakusha,...