New generation of A-bomb storytellers emerging in unlikely place

New generation of A-bomb storytellers emerging in unlikely place

Shigeyuki Katsura (2nd from L), 84, recounts his experiences as an atomic bomb survivor to people in Kunitachi, Tokyo, where he lives, on June 27, 2015, hoping to pass on his memories of the attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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